BBC Hiring Row: Black Media Executive Marcus Ryder to Meet With Director General Tim Davie Following Alleged ‘Veto’ Over News Job

Influential Black media figure Marcus Ryder will take up BBC director general Tim Davies’ offer to meet for a private discussion over claims that the executive blocked Ryder’s appointment to a senior news role within the organization, Variety can confirm. A source tells Variety that Ryder and Davie are scheduled to meet in early November. The row erupted after Ryder — a former head of current affairs at BBC Scotland who is now a visiting professor at the Lenny Henry Centre For Media Diversity and chair of prestigious drama school RADA — was invited to apply for the role of… Read Full Article