Peter Preston, in the Observer/Guardian notes that the departure of James Harding from the BBC reduces the field of internal candidates vying to succeed Lord Hall as Director-General, and guesses he went because he wouldn't win that race...
"Surely he knew he was out of the running. Surely, too, the sheer weight of admin was weighing him down. Harding, remember, left the top chair at the Times rather abruptly because Rupert Murdoch didn’t like his management style, including salary and headcount inflation (pure pot and kettle joy).
"Is he now being held responsible for the shambles of top pay and the toil and trouble involved in sorting it out? Does his new search for a “different kind of news” mean something smaller and more manageable, where he doesn’t have to spend long days smoothing over hurt feelings or playing company PR?"
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