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Title: New News Chief
Post by Administrator on Apr 15^th, 2013, 8:46pm

BBC News site reports that the ex-editor of the Times, James Harding, will be named as the BBC's director of news.

Source:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22160501

More information:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harding_(journalist)

This is from "The Independent":-

"Harding was popular with his staff but had fallen out with News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, who was reportedly unhappy with the paper’s coverage of the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World, which was part of the same company.

For many years the BBC and News Corp have been great rivals in pursuing their respective media ambitions and the corporation’s appointment of Harding is likely to be a source of irritation to Mr Murdoch, who had offered the editor alternative positions at News Corp."

Source:-
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/former-times-editor-james-harding-to-be-next-director-of-bbc-news-8574234.html

From "The New Statesman":-
"Harding was known as a cerebral and calm editor. His paper's coverage of the hacking scandal - which affected his sister paper, the News of the World - was praised for its fairness and objectivity."
Source:-
http://www.newstatesman.com/staggers/2012/12/james-harding-resigns-editor-times

BBC Media Centre has confirmed the new appointment today (16th):-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/james-harding.html