NYT backs new CEO amid BBC scandal

October 26, 2012 01:21

AP reports: New York Times chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr today reiterated the company's support for its incoming chief executive, who has been under scrutiny in England over the BBC's decision to cancel a news story about one of its hosts being accused of sexually abusing children.

In a letter to the staff today about the company's financial performance, Sulzberger said he was satisfied that Mark Thompson, who was the BBC's director general until last month, had no role in canceling a planned investigative segment about children's television presenter Jimmy Savile.

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