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24/06/2009

On the fifth anniversary of his appointment as 麻豆社 Director General, Mark Thompson talks to Steve Hewlett about Digital Britain, taste and decency and executive pay and expenses.

麻豆社 Director General Mark Thompson has been in his job for five years, and its been a time of unprecedented turmoil in the media world. In an exclusive interview, he gives his first public reaction to the government's Digital Britain proposals to break the 麻豆社's historic monopoly on the television licence fee. He also responds to questions about the position of Sir Alan Sugar as a government advisor and presenter of The Apprentice, executive pay and expenses, and much else besides. He also gives a first reaction the 麻豆社's new proposals on taste and decency following the Radio 2 Ross/Brand affair.

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Wed 24 Jun 2009 13:30

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