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Ofcom appoints Stewart Purvis as Content and Standards Partner

Ofcom announced today the appointment of Stewart Purvis as its new Partner for Content and Standards. He will take up the position on 3 December.

Mr Purvis (pictured left) began his broadcasting career at the BBC and then moved to ITN where he rose to become Editor-in-Chief and then Chief Executive from 1995-2003. During his time as Editor of Channel Four News in the early eighties he won two British Academy Awards and is often credited with having turned the programme into the success it has become.

In 2003 he was made the first Chair of Television Journalism in the Department of Journalism at City University, London. Mr Purvis was also News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media at Oxford University in 2005.

He is a regular newspaper columnist and broadcaster. In 2000 he received a CBE for services to broadcast journalism.

Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards said “Stewart Purvis is a highly distinguished broadcaster who enjoys an enviable reputation across the industry. I am delighted we have been able to recruit someone with his insight, experience and calibre to this crucial role. ”

Stewart Purvis said “Ofcom has played a positive role in helping create a dynamic and responsive broadcasting industry. There is much still to do, so I look forward to joining a first-rate team and contributing to Ofcom’s important work in an area that touches so many people daily.”

Ofcom’s Content and Standards Group oversees regulation of television and radio quality and standards and compliance with the Broadcasting Code. Mr Purvis replaces Tim Suter who will be leaving Ofcom at the end of the year.

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