In recent months, Matt Brittin, the Doctor Who-loving fitness fanatic and former Google executive, has made no secret of his desire to make the jump from big tech to the world of broadcasting. At the end of last year, he told an event filled with some of television’s most senior figures that he had wanted to break into their industry “for a very long time”. As the BBC’s new director general, Brittin has not only fulfilled that goal. He has parachuted into the British media’s most powerful – and treacherous – job. The 57-year-old may be a big believer in
BBC announces former Google boss as new director-general
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