Scream if you wanta to go faster: it's the BBC-Ofcom-government merry-go-round

The appointment today of former department for culture, media and sport spokesman Mark Devane as the BBC Trust's new head of communications is just the latest in the merry-go-round of executives jumping from job to job between government departments, Ofcom and the BBC. In December, Chris Woolard, the deputy director of the BBC Trust, announced he was joining Ofcom in a new role of director of planning and management. Prior to joining the BBC, he led the Whitehall team responsible for the 2003 Communications Act, which included legislation establishing Ofcom. At the regulator, Woolard takes over some responsibilities previously handled by Dominic Morris, who left to become project director on the government's Digital Britain report, which is due out later this month. Morris's boss, broadcasting minister Lord Carter, is a former chief executive of Ofcom – a role now held by Ed Richards, a former controller of corporate strategy at the BBC, who previously worked with Carter in Downing Street. There are more examples – but Monkey's head is starting to spin.