We’ve seen Davie and Turness’s statements in full – here’s how the BBC’s chairman has responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Samir Shah said of Davie: “Tim has been an outstanding director-general for the last five years.<\/p>\n
“He has propelled the BBC forward with determination, single-mindedness and foresight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has had the full support of me and the board throughout.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“However, I understand the continued pressure on him, personally and professionally, which has led him to take this decision today.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shah also labelled the outgoing director-general “a devoted and inspirational leader and an absolute believer in the BBC and public service broadcasting”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Personally, I will miss his stamina, good humour and resilience and I will miss working with him,” he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Turning his attention to Turness, Shah said: “She has transformed the operation of news with real commitment and a clear vision of the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has acted with integrity in challenging circumstances and leaves a strong legacy from which to build for the many millions around the world who rely on and trust the voice of BBC News every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’ve seen Davie and Turness’s statements in full – here’s how the BBC’s chairman has responded.\u00a0 Samir Shah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-282006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}