Belatedly

Thanks to whoever nudged the BBC governance machine, we now have Board Minutes from July.

Not much to report, apart from the Directors taking a live interest in attracting yoof audiences.

"As with all adults, time spent with BBC television among16-34s was very strong, rising by 3% year-on-year. Directors discussed the type of programming which was proving popular among this age group and requested that a session on the associated strategy be scheduled."

The Board also approved plans to revise the corporation's Editorial Guidelines - last revisited in 2010. As in 2010, there will follow a public consultation. In that update an element of proportionality was introduced around privacy -  ‘the greater the intrusion, the greater the public interest required to justify it’. Perhaps this time there'll be something about using helicopters to look through the windows of houses under police search.

For those of you hungry for news about the progress of BBC Studios, there was an update from COO Anna Mallet, entirely redacted for commercial confidentiality.