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Ofcom boss recruitment to be rerun as Paul Dacre runs afoul of big tech
The next chair of Ofcom had been expected to be Paul Dacre (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)
The process to select the next chair of the UK’s media regulator will be rerun amid big tech complaints about the potential appointment of former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has written to the Public Appointments Commissioner to restart the process to decide who should take OfCom’s top chair, according to multiple reports.
Former
Mail editor Paul Dacre had been tipped for the role after decades in journalism.
The chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has said he is concerned about a “lack of clarity” over why the selection process for Ofcom chair is being rerun.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has written to the Commissioner of Public Appointments saying he wants a second competition for the role at the media regulator.
Former Daily Mail editor and vocal BBC critic Paul Dacre was reportedly Boris Johnson’s preferred choice during the initial interviews.
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
DCMS Committee chairman Julian Knight said he would be writing to Mr Dowden to seek assurances that previous candidates for the role did not reapply.
The chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has said he is concerned about a “lack of clarity” over why the selection process for Ofcom chair is being rerun.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has written to the Commissioner of Public Appointments saying he wants a second competition for the role at the media regulator.
Former Daily Mail editor and vocal BBC critic Paul Dacre was reportedly Boris Johnson’s preferred choice during the initial interviews.
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
DCMS Committee chairman Julian Knight said he would be writing to Mr Dowden to seek assurances that previous candidates for the role did not reapply.