Former Olympic runner Sebastian Coe is leading the race for the top job at the BBC as his biggest rival is scratched from the running.
The five-name shortlist for the role of chair of the BBC Trust, the broadcaster’s governing body, has excluded the leading BBC Trust insider, Diane Coyle, according to the Guardian newspaper.
Coyle, an economist and former journalist, took the reins at the Trust after former chair, Chris Patten, unexpectedly quit in May due to health concerns. However, she has told co-workers that she has not made the interview shortlist, which is compiled by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
Coe, who masterminded preparations for the London Olympics, is a favorite of the right-wing Prime Minister David Cameron, and sits with the Conservative Party in the upper house of the U.K. Parliament, the House of Lords. He has described the BBC post as a “very meaty job,...
The five-name shortlist for the role of chair of the BBC Trust, the broadcaster’s governing body, has excluded the leading BBC Trust insider, Diane Coyle, according to the Guardian newspaper.
Coyle, an economist and former journalist, took the reins at the Trust after former chair, Chris Patten, unexpectedly quit in May due to health concerns. However, she has told co-workers that she has not made the interview shortlist, which is compiled by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
Coe, who masterminded preparations for the London Olympics, is a favorite of the right-wing Prime Minister David Cameron, and sits with the Conservative Party in the upper house of the U.K. Parliament, the House of Lords. He has described the BBC post as a “very meaty job,...
- 7/23/2014
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - TV News
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