All People articles – Page 387
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NewsNewsnight names Evan Davis as Paxman replacement
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Evan Davis has been hired as the replacement for Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.
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NewsRobert Marsh to chair BCMA
Former Zodiak Active and Fremantle Media exec Robert Marsh has been hired as global chairman for the Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA).
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NewsSimon Shaps exits Core Media
Simon Shaps has left Core Media as the American Idol owner reins in its international business to focus on the US market.
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NewsIWC Media hires formats boss
Matchlight creative director Paul Murray has stepped down after less than a year to join IWC Media as head of formats.
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NewsDiscovery poaches BBC's Dominic Coles
Discovery Networks has poached BBC senior exec Dominic Coles.
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NewsBBC appoints director of audiences
The BBC has hired Nick North from research business GfK as director of audiences.
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NewsLord Burns sounds note of caution over BBC plans
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has voiced concerns about the future of the indie sector and the licence fee following Tony Hall’s plans to scrap BBC quotas.
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NewsHall: BBC must ‘compete or compare’ to survive
Tony Hall has unveiled plans to introduce a “compete or compare” culture at the BBC to ensure the corporation is on the strongest footing possible going into charter renewal negotiations next year.
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NewsCharlie Bunce handed Renegade role
Renegade Pictures has recruited Charlie Bunce as its first head of features and formats for television in an effort to boost its output in these genres.
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NewsVictoria Derbyshire lands BBC News show
Outgoing BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire will join the BBC News Channel to front a daily news and current affairs programme.
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NewsBBC appoints drama heads
BBC execs Hilary Salmon and Hilary Martin have been named as two of the three heads of drama for England, promoted to fill the role vacated by Kate Harwood.
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NewsMichael Carrington leads Zodiak Kids UK
Former CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to head up Zodiak Media’s UK kids indie The Foundation.
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NewsObjective’s Ben Farrell joins BBC
The BBC’s in-house comedy unit has appointed Objective Productions’ Ben Farrell as an executive producer.
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NewsSideline hires development boss for UK push
Irish indie Sideline Productions has hired Ask Rhod Gilbert producer David Noble to help ramp up its business in the UK.
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NewsBritespark hires head of development
Argonon’s BriteSpark Films has appointed Dragonfly TV’s Will Robson as head of development.
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NewsSwanston promoted to BBC Brit & Earth exec
Julie Swanston is to start commissioning for BBC Brit and BBC Earth after securing a promotion from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC Academy boss to exit ahead of Midlands move
BBC Academy director Anne Morrison is to leave the training division ahead of its relocation to Birmingham in 2015.
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NewsAndrew O'Connell joins ITV
Former Channel 5 commissioner Andrew O’Connell has joined ITV as a factual commissioner.
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NewsBBC & ITV attend Act For Change diversity panel
ITV head of drama Steve November and BBC casting boss Julia Crampsie are to take part in a diversity panel to mark the launch of Danny Lee Wynter’s Act For Change Project.