Where are they now ?

BBC DG George Entwistle has trimmed the old, second tier, Direction Group in Auntie's organogram, and invented the leaner Management Board. Some of the losers in this process have appeared as direct reports to George, but the detail on others has not been made public.

Those losing their seats at the table include Creative Director Alan Yentob and Pat Younge, Chief Creative Officer, Vision. Roly Keating, heading Archive, has already left for The British Libray. Jessica Cecil, head of the DG's Office when Thommo was here, has new responsibilities for a faster-track complaints handling process. Sarah Jones looks after legal matters. Paul Mylrea runs Communications. John Tate runs strategy and chairs BBC Studios. Bal Samra also boasts two titles: Director, Vision Operations,and Director, Rights & Business Affairs BBC.

Another big cheese missing from the new Management Group is Chief Technical Officer John Linwood. Ralph Rivera sits on the Executive, as Director of Future Media, but the perception has always been that he leaves hardware and big systems to Mr Linwood. Is he still active ? Who speaks for technology at the top table now ?

We've banged on a bit about George's diversity problems, on and off screen. We'd like to remind him that, when Zarin Patel leaves in the next year, he'll have no UK ethnic minority representation on his two top boards, unless things change.