BBC: Nigel Chapman named as Director of BBC Online.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 December 1998-BBC: Nigel Chapman named as Director of BBC Online (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:211298 The BBC has announced the appointment of Nigel Chapman, currently Controller of the BBC's English Regions, to the newly created post of Director of BBC Online, responsible for developing the UK's most popular content website.

As the BBC's first Director of Online, Nigel Chapman will take overall responsibility for the strategy and co-ordination of the BBC's licence-fee funded Internet service into the Millennium and beyond. Announcing the appointment, Will Wyatt, Chief Executive, BBC Broadcast, said: "As Director of Online, Nigel will provide the editorial leadership and managerial drive to develop the BBC's third medium into...