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| ITV's Deborah Turness lined up for NBC News top job | ITV's Deborah Turness lined up for NBC News top job |
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| Deborah Turness, the editor of ITV News, is expected to become America's first female head of a network TV news division as president of NBC News. | Deborah Turness, the editor of ITV News, is expected to become America's first female head of a network TV news division as president of NBC News. |
| ITN insiders believe Turness will be unveiled as the head of the US network's news operation, although her appointment has not yet been officially confirmed. | ITN insiders believe Turness will be unveiled as the head of the US network's news operation, although her appointment has not yet been officially confirmed. |
| Speculation about her future has grown in the past 24 hours, with one ITV News source saying: "There is not a single person here who doesn't believe she has got the job. It's an open secret." | Speculation about her future has grown in the past 24 hours, with one ITV News source saying: "There is not a single person here who doesn't believe she has got the job. It's an open secret." |
| Turness, who has led ITV News since 2004, will become the first female president of a US network news division if, as expected, she is confirmed in the prestigious New York post. Nine men have led NBC News, the network behind Today and Meet the Press, in its 75-year history. | Turness, who has led ITV News since 2004, will become the first female president of a US network news division if, as expected, she is confirmed in the prestigious New York post. Nine men have led NBC News, the network behind Today and Meet the Press, in its 75-year history. |
| Turness had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication. NBC News declined to comment, while a spokeswoman for ITV News said: "We don't comment on speculation." | Turness had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication. NBC News declined to comment, while a spokeswoman for ITV News said: "We don't comment on speculation." |
| Turness was first tipped for the NBC News post by the Los Angeles Times in April, but her appointment has begun to look more likely in recent days. It is understood she has had at least two interviews with NBC News executives in New York. | Turness was first tipped for the NBC News post by the Los Angeles Times in April, but her appointment has begun to look more likely in recent days. It is understood she has had at least two interviews with NBC News executives in New York. |
| Turness would take the reins at a time of unusual turmoil for the news division. The takeover of NBC by cable operator Comcast is just more than two years old. The division's top show, Today, is in the middle of an identity crisis, its ratings down and its on-air talent visibly unhappy. Turness's predecessor, Steve Capus, is leaving under something of a cloud, ending an eight-year run after a corporate shakeup in which he was suddenly assigned a new boss. However NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams remains the uncontested champion among the evening news broadcasts. | Turness would take the reins at a time of unusual turmoil for the news division. The takeover of NBC by cable operator Comcast is just more than two years old. The division's top show, Today, is in the middle of an identity crisis, its ratings down and its on-air talent visibly unhappy. Turness's predecessor, Steve Capus, is leaving under something of a cloud, ending an eight-year run after a corporate shakeup in which he was suddenly assigned a new boss. However NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams remains the uncontested champion among the evening news broadcasts. |
| One source said ITN will advertise internally and externally for the vacant editor post. Current ITV News deputy editor, Jonathan Munro, is seen as an obvious successor, as is ITN Productions executive Chris Shaw. Other names mentioned include the ITV News head of output, Cristina Nicolotti Squires, and Geoff Hill, editor of ITN-produced 5 News. | One source said ITN will advertise internally and externally for the vacant editor post. Current ITV News deputy editor, Jonathan Munro, is seen as an obvious successor, as is ITN Productions executive Chris Shaw. Other names mentioned include the ITV News head of output, Cristina Nicolotti Squires, and Geoff Hill, editor of ITN-produced 5 News. |
| Turness's appointment would see the 46-year-old swap ITN's headquarters in Gray's Inn Road, central London, the home of ITV News' flagship News at Ten, for NBC's Rockefeller Centre headquarters in midtown Manhattan. | Turness's appointment would see the 46-year-old swap ITN's headquarters in Gray's Inn Road, central London, the home of ITV News' flagship News at Ten, for NBC's Rockefeller Centre headquarters in midtown Manhattan. |
| She would also become the third British news executive to depart for the US in less than a year, following ex-BBC director general Mark Thompson's appointment as chief executive of New York Times Company and Jon Williams, the former BBC world news editor who left to join ABC News. | She would also become the third British news executive to depart for the US in less than a year, following ex-BBC director general Mark Thompson's appointment as chief executive of New York Times Company and Jon Williams, the former BBC world news editor who left to join ABC News. |
| At ITV News, Turness is credited with overseeing a robust nine years at the programme, covering two general elections and a series of momentous world news events. In 2005, ITV News secured the first exclusive pictures of the capture of the failed London bombers and, later, the leaked reports on the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. | At ITV News, Turness is credited with overseeing a robust nine years at the programme, covering two general elections and a series of momentous world news events. In 2005, ITV News secured the first exclusive pictures of the capture of the failed London bombers and, later, the leaked reports on the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. |
| In recent years she has introduced award-winning young reporters, such as UK editor Lucy Manning and Africa correspondent Rohit Kachroo, and won the news and factual award at the Women in Film and Television Awards in 2009. | In recent years she has introduced award-winning young reporters, such as UK editor Lucy Manning and Africa correspondent Rohit Kachroo, and won the news and factual award at the Women in Film and Television Awards in 2009. |
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