CAN GRADE MAKE THE GRADE IN POLITICAL SQUABBLE?

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	Gavyn Davies, the chairman of the BBC has reportedly submitted his resignation (Wednesday) following the (more)
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CAN GRADE MAKE THE GRADE IN POLITICAL SQUABBLE?
Monday, April 5 2004

Only days after the announcement that Michael Grade had been appointed chairman of the BBC, a political uproar has been triggered by his refusal to step down as chairman of Pinewood Shepperton studios and to sell his stock in the company. (He had previously said that he would quit the boards of Television Corporation and Scottish Media Group.) Critics pointed out that Grade's determination to hold both chairmanships and to retain his 4 percent stake in the studios represented an intolerable conflict of interests -- particularly since the BBC leases space at Pinewood Shepperton, where it produces some of its most popular programs. Grade told reporters that he had informed the selection committee of his intentions and maintained that he was prepared to take appropriate steps to remove any perception of conflict of interest in the BBC's dealings with Pinewood Shepperton.

MICHAEL GRADE TO HEAD BBC
Friday, April 2 2004
Michael Grade has been named chairman of the BBC, filling the post that was left vacant when Gavyn Davies was forced out following the release of the Hutton report that sharply criticized the BBC's oversight of its news operations. Grade had previously headed Britain's Channel 4 network, leaving that position to head the revived Pinewood-Shepperton film studio. His appointment was welcomed by the opposition Conservative Party, whose "shadow" culture minister, Julie Kirkbride, remarked that "broadcasting (more)

MANDELSON FAVORED TO BECOME BBC CHAIRMAN
Thursday, April 1 2004
Peter Mandelson, a close ally of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has become the frontrunner to become the new chairman of the BBC, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported today (Thursday). Mandelson is a former cabinet secretary for Northern Ireland and spearheaded the building of the Millennium Dome, the $1.3-billion 2000 exhibition structure attacked by critics as the biggest white elephant ever erected. (In 1998 the creative director of the Dome resigned, accusing Mandelson of using dictatorial (more)