Clarity

We learn, from evidence to the Competitions and Markets Authority, that Clare Sumner, once billed as Chief of Staff to the DG, is now the BBC's Director of Policy - another job ad I must have missed.

Previous holder of the post was James Heath, on £155k a year - he's now turned up at the DCMS, as director of telecoms policy. Presumably it's only a matter of time before the transparent BBC adds Clare's package to the list of those on over £150k.

If you've got the patience, enjoy the transcript of the CMA session with Clare and David Jordan, Director of Editorial Policy. The CMA wanted help on media plurality as they consider the Sky/Fox deal.  Marvel at how our heroes tap-dance round the big questions. BBC News services reached three quarters of the adult population of the UK every week in 2016/17 - does that not raise issues of plurality; and the question of agenda-setting - is it something that the Today programme does, or not ?