Re: [Swprograms] Personnel At BBC

["Richard Cuff" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

PS -- just to round things out, the Director of BBC World Service is Nigel
Chapman.  Bio here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/worldservice/nigelchapman.shtml

RDC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Cuff" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Personnel At BBC


> Same Sambrook.  His title is "Director of BBC World Service and Global
> news".  Was appointed to the position in July.  He was the one who
publicly
> disclosed that David Kelly was the source for Andrew Gilligan's story.
>
> Wikipedia article is here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sambrook.
> BBC bio here:
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/executives/richardsambrook.shtml
>
> Mr. Byford's new title is Deputy-Director General of the BBC.  He now
leads
> all of the BBC's journalism.  Sambrook reports to Byford, as does Helen
> Boaden, director, BBC News, and Pat Loughrey, Director, BBC Nations &
> Regions.  See bio here:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/running/executive/mark_byford.shtml
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Bowen" <bowen_peter@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:52 PM
> Subject: [Swprograms] Personnel At BBC
>
>
> > --- Richard Cuff <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >   <snip> Richard Sambrook, who now heads up the BBC
> > > World Service, succeeding Mark Byford (who was kicked upstairs).
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Is Richard Sambrook the same guy who was head of BBC News recently,
> > and thus had to take some of the flack for Andrew Gilligan's
> > mistakes?
> >
> > Wonder what this means for WS output....
> >
> > Also, I knew that Mark Byford was made acting DG after Greg Dyke
> > quit. What is he doing now?
> >
> > pb
> >
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