Re: [Swprograms] BBC Chairman Michael Grade to leave the BBC for ITV as of January '07

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the question of Michael Grade's salary todays
Guardian gives these figures: 

Salary last year as BBC Chairman (4 days a week work):
£82,946.

Pay package at ITV: Potentially £8.5 million over
three years. (Presumably full time post with
performance bonuses)

Guardian gives these likely candidates:

Lord Puttnam

A successful film-maker, he is currently the Channel 4
deputy chairman and was the New Labour peer who headed
the parliamentary committee that scrutinised the 2003
communications bill.

David Dimbleby

Lost out to Michael Grade for the chairmanship in
2004. He is still making programmes for the BBC,
having chaired Question Time since 1994.

Richard Lambert

The director general of the CBI, he was asked by the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport to write an
independent review on BBC News 24 in 2002. He spent a
decade as editor of the Financial Times.

Richard Eyre

A former ITV chief executive who is now chairman of
RDF Media.

David Liddiment

A member of the BBC Trust and former ITV director of
television, Liddiment is now director of the
independent producer All3Media and Kevin Spacey's Old
Vic producer.

Dame Patricia Hodgson

Chief executive of the former television watchdog, the
Independent Television Commission, spent 30 years in
the BBC, ending with a stint as John Birt's head of
policy. Member of the BBC Trust.

Lord Burns

Headed the government's independent panel on the BBC
charter review, which recommended the board of
governors should be scrapped and replaced with a new
independent body, the public service broadcasting
commission.

Chris Patten

The former Conservative minister has had a string of
top jobs since losing his seat at the 1992 election,
including being the last governor of Hong Kong. He is
now chancellor of Oxford University.

Mike

--- Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Indeed, that's correct.  Stateside, a "non-compete"
> agreement might
> typically be in place for a year, during which the
> BBC would be paying
> Grade's salary.
> 
> Richard Cuff, Allentown, PA  USA
> 
> On 11/27/06, John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Interesting, isn't it, that Sir Michael can just
> jump to the BBC's
> > primary rival immediately and without penalty.  Is
> it not customary
> > for an employer to encumber key personnel from
> doing this very thing
> > by imposing confidentiality agreements, time
> delays and other
> > restrictions?  It is here in the States.  What a
> coup for ITV!
> >
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