Davie
Americannoun
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Brittin replaces Tim Davie, who had held the BBC post since 2020.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davie said Starmer showed “catastrophically poor judgment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The news of the cuts comes in advance of the arrival of a new BBC director general, former Google executive Matt Brittin, who will officially succeed the recently departed Tim Davie on 18 May.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Last month, outgoing director general Tim Davie said the BBC "profoundly regrets" what happened, adding that the team editing the ceremony had not heard the word and did not intentionally leave it in.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Then when I got to the Daughertys’ house, Phronsie and Davie and Joel and Polly and Ben would all be waiting to tackle me, and I let them.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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