Departure of Lord Burns indicates government may favour privatisation of channel over mutualisation plans drawn up by outgoing chairmanThe chairman of Channel 4 is to step down in January after ministers rejected a proposal that he stay on while trying to turn the state-owned broadcaster into a mutually owned not-for-profit company.
The media regulator,Ofcom, had suggested that he stay on for about a year beyond the terminate of his second term of office, or which is due to run out on 27 January. Ministers are considering the future ownership structure of the broadcaster,and Burns’s mutualisation plans are one of three options on the table. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com