Monday, October 11, 2010
BBC deputy chief 'made redundant'
(UKPA)
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BC deputy director general Mark Byford is to be made redundant, sources claim |
The deputy director-general of the BBC is being made redundant as the corporation cuts costs, sources say.
Mark Byford, who in 2009/10 earned an annual salary of £475,000, will leave next year as the post of deputy director-general is axed.
Further cuts are expected to be announced later this week.
The Financial Times said members of its 10-strong executive board, which includes director general Mark Thompson, chief operating officer Caroline Thompson and Peter Salmon, director of BBC North - were under threat.
The BBC declined to comment.
Mr Byford joined the corporation in 1979, aged 20, working as a researcher in his local television newsroom in Leeds.
He became deputy director-general in January 2004 but within three weeks of his appointment Greg Dyke resigned as head of the BBC.
Mr Byford took on the position of acting director-general for five months until Mr Thompson was appointed to the role.
He is also chairman of the BBC's journalism board, and is responsible for editorial policy and planning coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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