Tony Hall to step down as BBC director general
(The Guardian World News)

Hall, who will leave this summer after seven years, hailed as `inspirational leader´Tony Hall is to stand down as the director general of the BBC after seven years in the role.Lord Hall of Birkenhead, who was parachuted in to rehabilitate the corporation after the Jimmy Savile scandal, said the BBC needed a new leader before its negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee and the renewal of its royal charter. Continue reading...