{"id":590683,"date":"2026-05-18T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/590683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:06:23","slug":"get-to-know-new-bbc-director-general-matt-brittin-in-60-ish-seconds-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/590683\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know new BBC Director-General Matt Brittin in 60-ish seconds &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQWjBsbGRoSUNxa3N2cGV1YUNlVmUtYWE3OGoweHo3WTBTMFJLdTlrS2RvV2VEMXBsa21GRm03ZHRIWGJaeF9BaGdPTUhrZmFKeElETDBlbl9ENEFpN20wQXc0MDRuOUJDekJBUm9lTVd0SHRKd2JvRjd0dWJiY2FCaU9B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get to know new BBC Director-General Matt Brittin in 60-ish seconds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBOdkFfVFk2RUs5UExYOGhkWlloVmNjR2tkcldkaUJlRExxc1F5TWRsOXlqY2lhM1JYM214MGZMZ1NZYU5BY1pENDIxWEpQTGFOMDFCUURDWXZVMVN2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New BBC boss warns that &#8216;tough choices are unavoidable&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxObjJxQk1KMFVwN1ZYS1VjbDQxb0NpYzk4WlhJZUVVUkRTNEY4d1FOT21zYzBoX3E5M29fUl9WZXYzVVZ2TEJDTWM1Q0daVlYtNkxka3lSNEpSRHFUcnZyc3pWTm9yU1FMNUI0ZDdxbjllZU5lRWNhb1h4LXNmT0RIZ0EzbjBCay1mWkdwdjJmWXl2b2JkX0t2eE8wQXpadDAtVTBUVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC staff strike as new director general warns of \u2018tough choices\u2019 on his first day<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNMEpBVjNTMkszREpfaXhEZmxURkg4OE0tOFpXX0ZaQzk1UmxtSGVYV0dOTE5SVjMwei0yUWFQaWRzS1Y4Qk52MjlodHFwNzJUWU9LR09KaEY3RzNjNmtzbjNDUnVyMXoxQURGTmxYVlYzZEcxbU0ySVY4TzJ6dzJqVjd3QlgwNlhUQkN0R2ZrNGpUMHhxYXJJa0hySXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Brittin: new BBC boss asked Gordon Brown about \u2018thankless\u2019 job<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOejk1eFJmVDRWVmFIWV9LNVNMSDlWbVJabFJwNG5HY29OekdmYzl4Y0R4Nmp5Vk5td1k1M0FqbVVxaDBkQ0J1Y3FIaXFnbDBvODdYbVpUNEV6ZUlRcWZ1LWU5YnpXYlk5d1p1SDdEd1ZjTUxwMzhHM1p6Um1McjJjYXl4NG5vMlhWXzR5VDUwR01SUmQ3SVJoeEJITVF6eW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC will have to make cuts, warns new director-general Matt Brittin<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get to know new BBC Director-General Matt Brittin in 60-ish seconds&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCNew BBC boss warns that &#8216;tough choices are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-590683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}