Ex BBC Director General Mark Thomson is now President/CEO at The New York Times

The New York Times Company has tapped BBC Director-General Mark Thompson as its new president and CEO after an eight-month search.

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http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/mark-thompson-new-york-times-ceo/

Mark Thompson's 2011 Radio Festival speech

The BBC director general on changes to the corporation and his hopes for the radio industry

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/01/mark-thompson-radio-festival-speech?newsfeed=true