internal candidates up for newsnight

Two leading internal candidates have emerged for the post of Newsnight editor following incumbent George Entwistle's decision to take up a role heading the BBC's new topical arts unit. Peter Barron, the editor of BBC2's If strand, is considered to be the front-runner for the job while editor of political ...

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