Packaging

Radio rune readers have been pondering this aside, in Dan Sabbagh's Guardian piece yesterday about the roles BBC DG George Entwistle will have to fill......

a controller of radio job widely expected to become [vacant] when incumbent Tim Davie moves over to BBC Worldwide

Though riders, egged on from Great Portland Street, may be circling around CEO John Smith's wagons at BBC Worldwide, there's been no immediate sign of a white flag. John took home £898k last year, as well as putting aside £107k into a deferred bonus pot payable in March 2015. His estimated total deferred bonuses now stand at £483k. He waived earnings of £52k but also received £70k as a non-exec of Burberry. His contractual notice period is a year; his pension pot is estimated at £3.8m. Tim Davie might come a bit cheaper (current package £349k) but is the difference over the years enough to reach a settlement with John, which is likely to dwarf Caroline's Thomson's deal ?