BBC boss says departure of top presenters amid channel merger is ‘obviously sad’
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The director-general of the BBC has said the departure of three senior news presenters is “obviously sad” but the current level of “management inefficiency” is “not right”. Some people will leave the BBC, some people will stay Tim Davie Corporation chief Tim Davie told the Public Accounts Committee: “There is a degree of management inefficiency, in my view, and it is not right, and no one in the world is running completely separate operations in this way. Mr Davie said he did not think the BBC needed “two complete separate operations”. Asked about its planned coverage of the King’s coronation in May, Mr Davie said the BBC was “in discussion with all parties to deliver flawless coronation coverage and beyond”.
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