New Head of BBC: Opera Boss

The disgraced BBC has appointed a new director-general: Tony Hall, a former news executive at the network who went on to lead London's Royal Opera House, the New York Times reports. It will be up to Lord Hall to bolster the BBC's reputation after multiple scandals, one involving wrongful allegations of child sex abuse against a politician, the other sparked by former host Jimmy Savile's alleged child abuse.

Hall, who was the only person the network sought for the job, is "the right person to lead the BBC out of its current crisis," says the head of its supervisory board. The scandals prompted the previous director-general, George Entwistle, to step down after two months. (More BBC stories.)