Mishal Husain: BBC News Boss Says His Team “Made Efforts” To Find Top Presenter Another Role At Corporation
deadline.comThe BBC “made efforts” to find “excellent other opportunities” for departing anchor Mishal Husain, according to a senior BBC News boss.
Husain revealed yesterday she is exiting the Today Program after 11 years and will join Bloomberg to host a weekend interview series.
Speaking at the annual VLV conference, Jonathan Munro said Husain’s gruelling early morning schedule had contributed to her decision and the BBC is sad to lose her. “I have never worked on a breakfast show and from time to time people say, ‘Look I want to do something else’ and that’s understandable,” he said. “When people do that we make efforts to see if we can find excellent other opportunities but of course they will look outside.
There are times when the best thing for everyone is to wish people the very best of luck as they move on and use the opportunity to bring someone else in.” Munro hinted strongly that Bloomberg is offering a heftier wage packet than the BBC.
Read more on deadline.com
