BBC News to bear deepest cuts amid 2,000 planned job losses
Matt Brittin, the former top Google executive, [takes over as the corporation’s new director general](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/new-bbc-director-general-matt-brittin-former-google-executive-olympic-rower) from 18 May.
His appointment came after the [resignation of Tim Davie in November](https://www.theguardian.com