"The DOE really thinks politically before it thinks economically, " Steve Mitchell, an Argonaut managing director, wrote to Mr. Kaiser on December 7, 2010.

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Ms Boaden had to step aside for a period from November last year, along with her deputy Steve Mitchell, in the wake of the Savile investigations.

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As a result of it several executives will move to new jobs, but only one - Steve Mitchell - will leave the BBC, and that not immediately.

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