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How are Tony Hall's two Jimmies doing ?

James Harding, Director of News (and Current Affairs) was out facing licence-fee payers again last night, grilled at a Women In Journalism event. First question: Should John Inverdale be sacked for his boorish remarks about Wimbledon winner Marion Bartoli ? "He was wrong, but sackings must be proportionate". Did James get a £1.3m pay-off from The Times ?  Long pause. "No".  Asked about changes to The Times now, "I believed strongly in what we were doing at The Times and some of those things have changed...I have considered cancelling my subscription".

Should The Sun still have Page 3 girls ? "I always thought they should drop it, and I was surprised when they had a window to do it, but didn't". Lyn Faulds-Wood: "I was on screen for 15 years but can't catch a cold now. What are you going to do about old bloke presenters with a bit of totty sitting beside them ? How about swapping the format to a young man and an older woman, to demonstrate female gravitas ?"  Mr Harding: "We need to do something about the lack of female broadcasters over 50 - we need to make a determined and deliberate effort".

James Purnell, Director of Strategy and Digital, has tweeted that he went to see Beck (Hansen) (acoustic set) (Scientologist) at the weekend, featuring an encore performance from Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream.