Layering

Eschew sudoku. Join with me in a love of BBC organogram puzzles.

Technology staff have been told that there will soon be an advert for a new Chief Technology Officer, to replace John Linwood, once minder of the Digital Media Initiative. The new incumbent will report directly to Anne Bulford, Managing Director, Operations and Finance, in a bid to simplify reporting lines.

Since October 2012, Dominic Coles has been styled Director of Operations (no trace of an advert). This followed Caroline Thomson's unwonted departure as Chief Operating Officer, after losing out as DG to George Entwistle. Dominic was given responsibility for technology, distribution, archive, property, and a bunch of other stuff - on a package of £307,800.  He keeps responsibility for son-of-DMI, "End-to-end", now rebranded as trendy text-speak End2End, but, overall, taking away technology looks like a job scope reduction. No doubt Anne will wish to benchmark Dominic's new portfolio pretty soon and adjust salary accordingly. This would cheer up James Purnell, on a mere £295,000, stuck with not much to do til after the election, according to Maria Miller.

Meanwhile, with just three weeks left til the new financial year, there's still little detail on the "bonfire of the boards". If your board/working group/pan-BBC advisory group has been deemed unnecessary on voyage, please let me know.