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It seems the BBC is quicker off the mark when creating jobs, rather than when closing them. In the past 24 hours, we've had news of a "Controller, BBCiPlayer", to work to Danny Cohen; and "Social Media Authors" for Radio 1 and 1Xtra, working to Ben Cooper.

Today, James Harding has started the search for a "Managing Editor, BBC News", another new role - and one strongly tipped to be filled externally. James has been impressing his new workforce with his sharpness and enthusiasm, but sadly seems to have wandered away when it came to subbing the ad...

"The successful candidate will have proven editorial skills in their own right and a wealth of experience dealing with top on-air talent and their representatives. This is a board level position which requires the appropriate level of gravitas and influencing skills to make pan News Group decisions about talent beyond individual departmental plans".

(This might roughly translate as "help me move Paxo, Humphrys and Simpson on...")

• Danny Cohen breached divisional etiquette last night in an RTS interview with Steve Hewlett. Asked where the £100m x 2 savings will come from to fund "Where Next?" he said "Television and News are where there are the biggest chunks of spending, so we'll have to look for savings there." Just not done....