Magnetic north

Peter Salmon has had one of his first public outings since being made the BBC's "King of the North", in charge of the Salford move. Television indies and others have been attending a conference in the Lowry Centre, and complaining that this investment in MediaCity will distort their current production bases, taking away their best staff and commissions.

Wise words from Peter, reported in Press Gazette, include "I sometimes think one of the problems about doing something in Manchester is you make Liverpool miserable; if you do something in Sheffield you make Leeds miserable; if you do something in Newcastle it makes Sunderland miserable."

"The great challenge and the great conundrum is how to make that work for all of us"