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UK Government Blocks Woman Of Color Joining Channel 4 Board Amid Diversity Row
EXCLUSIVE: The British government has blocked a woman of color from being appointed to Channel 4’s board for a third time, raising further questions about ministers meddling in media appointm…
Deadline can reveal the veto after Channel 4 chairman Ian Cheshire appeared to criticize the diversity of five new board members approved by the government on Monday. Breen, now CEO and editor-in-chief of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, praised the six-month recruitment process run by Ofcom, but was concerned by the approach taken by ministers. In 2021, ministers blocked the reappointed for a second term of two women of color: former Arts Council England boss Althea Efunshile and film producer Uzma Hasan.
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