US EditionBBC Appoints Former Google Executive Matt Brittin as Director-General
Matt Brittin, awarded a CBE for digital skills, begins BBC leadership to address digital transformation and financial challenges amid charter renewal.
- Former Google executive Matt Brittin has been appointed the BBC's 18th Director-General, succeeding Tim Davie; Brittin will assume the role on May 18.
- Davie's resignation in November followed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump over a Panorama documentary, while head of news Deborah Turness also stepped down amid the controversy.
- A former Olympic rower who represented Great Britain in 1988, Brittin defended Google during 2012 and 2013 Parliamentary committee hearings regarding UK tax payments.
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After the scandal over a Trump speech and a billion-dollar lawsuit, the BBC is looking for a fresh start.
57-year-old Matt Brittin, a former top executive at Google, is to become Director-General of the British public broadcaster BBC. The BBC itself announced this. About five months ago, the broadcaster's former head, Tim Davie, resigned after the BBC shared a misleading montage of a speech by US President Donald Trump.
Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster
The BBC has appointed former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director general. Brittin will replace outgoing director general Tim Davie. He resigned last year in the wake of revelations about the editing of a Panorama documentary about Donald Trump and board disagreements over how it should be handled. Brittin’s appointment comes at a critical moment, as the broadcaster prepares to renew its royal charter. This is the constitutional bas…
Five months after Tim Davie's resignation following a misleading montage of Donald Trump's speech, the British audiovisual group has a new executive director.
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