News

Tim Davie: the marketing man who became the BBC’s director general

The Guardian - Media · Kyriakos Petrakos · last updated

The media boss navigated the corporation through years of crisis and controversy

Tim Davie has been one of the BBC’s longest-serving executives. After leaving his role as vice-president of marketing and franchise at PepsiCo, Davie became director of the BBC’s marketing, communications and audiences division in 2005.

In 2008, he took on the role of director of the audio and music division. This involved running a variety of radio stations, including Radio 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Continue reading…
View full article

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up