Deborah Turness better turn up soon, or there'll be no-one left in BBC News.
Latest to throw in the towel is Jamie Angus, Senior Controller of Output and Commissioning; there's no news of his next berth.
Jamie, 48 (Old Dumptonian, Winchester College, Modern Languages, Magdalen, Oxford) essentially runs the programme output side of the business. That would normally be the top job in BBC News; indeed no-one can remember when the executive in direct charge of correspondents and reporters was in overall control, up til the current advancement of Jonathan Munro.
There, perhaps, lies a tension. Jamie's had some tricky appointments - ticks, like moving Mishal Husein to Today, wobbles over Jess Brammar, a final no to Marcus Ryder. There are gaps at Newsnight and now at Breakfast. Meanwhile Jonathan Munro advanced Martin Bashir and Amol Rajan, and authorised the Cliff Richard helicopter. Both Jamie and Jonathan would expect to have a say in the appointment of the next Political Editor, now re-opened for extra candidates. Is Clive Myrie a presenter or a reporter, and who takes the credit ? There are more cuts to come in News - do they fall on 'programmes' or 'newsgathering' ?
Jamie was at the party for the 50th birthday of Newsround, and there's no particular smell of trouble in Jamie's Twitter feed.
I'm not offended that my Twitter feed counts as burying a story 😂😂
— Jamie Angus (@grvlx001) April 5, 2022
I love @DLF Deutschlandfunk - they had a lengthy bulletin piece listing the actual #Oscars results, and didn't mention the Will Smith incident at all. 📻
— Jamie Angus (@grvlx001) March 28, 2022
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