As the new director-general eyes savings at the broadcaster, Anne McElvoy looks at how the former Google executive will fare at the helm of Britain’s most scrutinised newsroom M att Brittin is the BBC’s new director general – though not a name who has rocked TV or media circles hereto. The former Google executive mentioned that he has attended the industry event of the Edinburgh TV Festival “incognito”, which produced some amusement among veteran broadcast executives who joked that he wouldn’t