But will Simon McCoy be happy at GB News ? The BBC News Channel's funding is under a permanent squeeze. McCoy fought hard to get his name on the 'masthead' of Afternoon Live, but could get no guarantees that it would be his slot forever. It currently goes to air with a Programme Editor and a Senior Broadcast Journalist, plus half a Broadcast Journalist, providing the content for three hours. It can, however, call on some of the BBC's 6,000 strong News Division for support.
At GB News, we're told total staffing is between 120 and 140. In the gallery will be a Studio Pilot (aka transmission engineer) ready to roll with half-an-hour of stuff they've lined up in the previous half hour. Normally you want people with ice in their veins for this sort of stress, but GB News want something different...
"Reporting to the London Technical Manager you will be a disruptor and an innovator who approaches news production in an innovative way shaking things up behind the screen as well as on it, changing the way television and digital content is produced."
- Will Simon have left with the maximum £150k redundancy ? Just, on a salary of £160k....
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