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BBC Hires Ex-Labour Minister For Digital Job
- The Drum, Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:08 PM
A political row has erupted over the BBCs decision to appoint a former Labour minister, James Purnell, as its new £295k a-year director of strategy and digital. The former culture secretary is a former head of corporate planning at the broadcaster and landed the plum position after being offered the role directly by incoming director-general Tony Hall… without advertising the vacancy to others in a bid to save money.
