BBC bosses like to keep a weather eye on the fortunes of other public services broadcasters around the world, and will be twitching a little at the news from Australia. The Board of ABC has just sacked managing director Michelle Guthrie, just over two years into a five year contract.
Michelle came to the ABC after work as a corporate media lawyer, including thirteen years of work for various Murdoch companies in London and the Far East. Initially, she brought in consultants to drive through a re-structuring and closed 200-odd management jobs. Old divisions of tv, radio and online were replaced by genre groups - sound familiar ? She's fallen out with government, who've steadily reduced ABC's allocation of funds, and now imposed a freeze. And she hasn't demonstrated any real continuing interest in programmes. The board said her style didn't suit the organisation; she's consulting lawyers.
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