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BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBCNews a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.
He has also called on every BBC director to examine whether their departments should bring in more mature women presenters.
“There was a lot of discussion at the last BBC Direction Group about female presenters of a certain age and it was agreed that everyone would go back and look at whether their area had got the balance right,” an insider told Broadcast.
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He has also called on every BBC director to examine whether their departments should bring in more mature women presenters.
“There was a lot of discussion at the last BBC Direction Group about female presenters of a certain age and it was agreed that everyone would go back and look at whether their area had got the balance right,” an insider told Broadcast.
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