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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jim Waterson Media editor

Krishnan Guru-Murthy says it is time for a black or Asian boss of a UK TV channel

Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy says a lack of diversity means that broadcasting management ‘gets judgments wrong, or doesn’t appear to know how to react’. Photograph: Comic Relief/Getty Images

Krishnan Guru-Murthy has suggested it is time for a black or Asian person to run a British television channel, warning that a lack of diversity among top executives is causing problems for the industry.

The Channel 4 News presenter will say that, although Jewish people have been well-represented at the top levels, there are “still no black or Asian people running our biggest broadcasters” in a speech on Wednesday afternoon.

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