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BBC cuts leaker leaves the Corporation
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 29 April 2010
A senior BBC manager has left the Corporation following an investigation into how The Times got a leaked copy of the Beeb’s big cut plans, which included the news 6music and The Asian Network would be axed.
The paper got a copy of the highly confidential and slightly secret document eleven days before it was due to be published. Once The Times ran with their story in February, the Beeb were forced to release their plans over a week early, and face a whole bunch of media backlash without their complete PR plan in place. BBC top man Mark Thompson was reportedly furious about the leak.
An internal investigation reportedly identified with BBC-er had passed a copy of the document to The Times. In a statement yesterday, the BBC said, simply: “An investigation has been satisfactorily concluded and an individual has now left the BBC”.
Elsewhere, the record industry stepped up its campaigning against the proposals to close 6music yesterday by launching an artists endorsement filled website at www.thejoyof6.com.
