Peter Preston in the Observer/Guardian floats some more names as contenders to succeed James Harding as BBC Director of News.
He offers Fran Unsworth, Mr Harding's long-serving/suffering No 2; languid Kamal Ahmed, currently BBC Economics Editor; Nick Robinson, self-effacing Today presenter; and Jessica Cecil, fixer for successive Director-Generals, and most recently deliverer of the BBC Microbit.
Earlier this week, Buzzfeed backed Fran Unsworth, with added spin from former BBC comms chief Ed Williams, now with Edelman; Jonathan "Chopper" Munro, the newsgathering chief who authorised the Cliff Richard helicopter; Paul Royall, editor of the Six and Ten O'Clock News on BBC1; and James Purnell (really ?)
Interviews, subject to white hell, are set for this week.
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