BBC director general Mark Thompson is pictured outside the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s Television Centre in White City, west London, on March 2, 2010. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is to slash spending on its online services and close two radio stations in a shake-up which follows criticism of its market dominance, it announced Tuesday. Digital radio stations BBC Asian Network and BBC 6 Music will close from next year as part of a strategic review of the BBC's strategy designed to boost programme funding, said director general Mark Thompson. AFP PHOTO/Ben Stansall
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15 April 2013
Nnew director-general Tony Hall may stand accused of letting Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead have too much publicity on the BBC but what about his predecessor, Mark Thompson?
Maybe he would have favoured the rival song by punk band the Notsensibles, I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher, that’s now storming the charts.
Thompson told the Londoner a couple of years ago that he was a fan of the Sex Pistols. “My Way,” he assured me, “is one of the top 10 great songs. I’m from the punk generation, you know.”
Would never have guessed it.
