ITV chairman Peter Burt has been keeping a low profile recently as speculation grows over the future of the company's chief executive, reports the
Telegraph. Investors have been told very
little, "but everyone knows that when Burt and the rest of ITV's board meet before Wednesday's interim results, top of the agenda will be to agree the final terms of Charles Allen's departure," writes
Sylvia Pfeifer. While life in the business world can be tough, she says it must have been uncomfortable for Allen to read about people being touted for his job before he left the boardroom. Among the
contenders: former BBC director-general Greg Dyke, Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and Stephen Carter, the former head of Ofcom. "All no doubt have their strengths, but whatever one thinks of
Allen's track record, whoever ends up in his chair--and it will not happen immediately--faces a tough time for several months, if not for the next two years," she adds. The new chief executive "needs
to deal with the basic fact that ITV, once the cornerstone of private-sector broadcasting, is now just another player in an increasingly fragmented media world."
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