Well, the age of austerity beckons with all those £££billions of cuts and many of us will have to tighten our belts. Happily, this is not the case at the BBC where the good times just keep on a rollin’…
The BBC was accused of making a mockery of public sector spending cuts as it announced that three new executives would get pay packets vastly in excess of the Prime Minister’s salary.
The BBC said that Pat Younge, the new chief creative officer, who joined the broadcaster in January, would be paid a base salary of £310,000, more than double David Cameron’s £142,500 prime ministerial salary. The total remuneration package for Mr Younge, who is responsible for production of all the broadcaster’s television programmes, is worth £317,800.
Paul Gaskin, the new human resources director for BBC North, will be paid £190,000, with a total package worth £197,900.
Simon Lloyd — “director of marketing, communications and audiences for future media and technology” — is to be paid £160,000, with his overall remuneration worth £167,800.
The gravy train just attached itself to the Champers Train! Woo-hooo!
Parasites !
If the BBC is worth it, why dont they grow up, get a proper job, and stand up on their own feet, instead of sucking at the public teat.
DP111,
Or leave the BBC and start a new business and contibute to the economy !
Is Pat Younge related to Gary Younge, Guardian columnist?
Yes, his brother,
Prior to joining the BBC in 2004 Younge, the brother of Guardian columnist Gary Younge, spent two years as commissioning editor for multicultural programmes at Channel 4.
Younge has remained in touch with UK television during his four years abroad, speaking at last year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival, where he caused a stir by saying that diversity targets should be like financial targets and if people do not hit them, they should be fired.
Marvellous.
If you are black or brown and you wish to get into televison, now is the perfect opportunity. Jot something on the back of a beer mat, mail it into Pat Younge (be sure to mention your colour) and a TV series will be yours.
Travis,
Are you referring to Richard Black and Gordon Brown ?
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“The Guardian even roped in Gary Younge to write an article that rivals the worst in quality, innuendo, and false accusations that CiF is capable of presenting”
SIMON LLOYD:
Lloyd began his career at BT as a customer marketing manager and has held a series of more senior positions in companies including Mirror Group, Kellogg’s, 20th Century Fox, 118118 The Number and Nokia. He joins the BBC from Palm Europe Ltd, where he was senior director, marketing EMEA, responsible for all marketing activity across the region for Palm’s products, brands and services.
The last stages of any regime are marked by an excess of stupidity. So it is with the BBC with the added bonus of it’s complete failure to understand that stupidity added to greed is a certain recipe for destruction. This organisation cannot be reformed.
I do hope you’re right but I have my doubts.
I believe the Limp Dums have insisted that the b-BBC is protected, so the much needed “savage cuts” and part privatisation will not happen any time soon.
Beacause they can