Deborah in New York

The vainglorious attempt to save the BBC at home by selling BBC News in the United States continues apace. News CEO Deborah Turness has been to New York for a panel discussion on "Why News ? Why Now ?", at the end, next to former BBC DG Mark Thompson, now running CNN. 

She said News was working on more “single story livestreams,” which can be seen in the States on the BBC's FAST Channel. She claimed the channel, launched in March, "doubled our reach overnight"; there apparently wasn't a journalist on hand to ask the basic "From what, to what ?". 

Ms Turness also announced she's establishing a US unit of BBC Verify. Again, there's no report of how that's being funded.