Evan's above

After six years of early starts, Evan Davis is quitting the Today programme on Radio 4, for the late nights of Newsnight. He was cajoled into radio at Today during the summer of 2007, for a try-out under the then editor Ceri Thomas. He'd established himself as economics editor for BBC News since 2001, when he replaced the much-less-accessible-indeed-barely-heard-or-seen Peter Jay. That was a promotion from the role of Newsnight economics editor, which Evan had held from 1997.

How many nights will be the question rebounding around the Newsnight open plan area ? How much room for Kirsty Wark, Laura Kuenssberg and Emily Maitlis ?

And Jamie Angus, at Today, will not be short of volunteers to fill Evan's locker on the third floor of Broadcasting House.

• The (breached) embargo of Evan's appointment to Newsnight was strangely syncrhonised to coincide with the publication of the BBC's Annual Report. Last year's appointment of Mishal Husain to the Today team coincided, spookily, with the publication of the 2012/3 report.