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Its a £3 billion sector that has been incubated by channel 4. and what weve made sure that weve done with this package is to continue to support those jobs and those livelihoods via this. why do you think your predecessors were so in favour of it? i mean, was it ideological? i know youve mentioned there was potentially a business case, but youve decided there wasnt. there were many people in the industry who said, you know, the business case does not stack up. this is actually revenge. well, i ...

A comprehensive package, an ambitious package, which is what we laid before the house, which includes opening up some sustainability issues and allowing channel 4 to have more commercial freedom so that they have the opportunity to survive and thrive. i mean, there are fantastic media out there, one that i think we can be proud of and we want to retain. you mentioned your predecessor, nadine dorries. she obviously doesnt see it that way. you know, shes very upset about this. i wonder whether you...

To people within the sector, including the independent sector, that selling them at this moment in time is not the right decision. the right decision is a comprehensive package, an ambitious package, which is what we laid before the house, which includes opening up some sustainability issues and allowing channel 4 to have more commercialfreedom so that they have the opportunity to survive and thrive. i mean, there are fantastic media out there, one that i think we can be proud of and we want to ...

Well, look, you know, youve been secretary of state at the dcms for four months now and youve recently announced a big u—turn, a big policy u—turn. why have you decided not to privatise channel 4? so i think i agree with my predecessor and many other predecessors that have looked at this issue before, that there are long term sustainability issues and threats to channel 4. we know that it is a dramatically changing media landscape out there, which youll be only too familiar with. we know tha...

Walter, its great to see you. you are the fourth director. this has been going on since 1938. how was this sustained? >> in 1938 nobody dreamed it was going to continue for 85 years. thats unheard. but my predecessors were so dogged. they kept eight. they would send people thank you notes and birthday card when they participated with us. they kept a community of people involved in the study. that was the key 0 keeping it going. brian: 724 people in the beginning some poor kid and some rich kids ...

To privatise channel 4? so i think i agree with my predecessor and many other predecessors that have looked at this issue before, that there are long term sustainability issues and threats to channel 4. we know that it is a dramatically changing media landscape out there, which youll be only too familiar with. we know that linear advertising is taking a hit, organisations are having to evolve and adapt and become more dynamic to cope with that and channel 4 have a very rigid business model. the ...

And those livelihoods via this. why do you think your predecessors were so in favour of it? i mean, was it ideological? i know youve mentioned there was potentially a business case, but youve decided there wasnt. there were many people in the industry who said, you know, the business case does not stack up. this is actually revenge. well, i think thats unfair because this has been looked at by several predecessors over the years. this wasnt something new that nadine dorries created. this is some...

Many, many predecessors look at this, karen bradley, for instance, looked at it. she came to the same conclusion as i did. there were mps, there are mps in your party who talked about revenge, who talked about payback time. ijust wondered, many people think some people think that it was actually the moment when channel 4 news replaced borisjohnson, who didnt want to appear on their show with an ice sculpture. that was the moment that sunk it for channel 4. i think fundamentally what fuelled this...

Just done to you now, why we came to that conclusion, having reviewed the business case, having looked at the other options to achieve the same result around sustainability and particularly protecting our independent sector that is home to so manyjobs. its a £3 billion sector that has been incubated by channel 4. and what weve made sure that weve done with this package is to continue to support those jobs and those livelihoods via this. why do you think your predecessors were so in favour of it...

From the biden camp and, frankly, where are we headed from here? >> yeah, katie, good morning. well, reaction from the biden camp has really been sparse as, you know, theyve been really facing questions about this all week since the discovery of that first -- of documents. and you have republicans for their part reacting swiftly and heavily. we mentioned the house republican-led judiciary committee, which jim jordan, announcing the loss of this probe yesterday into the dojs handling of this prob...