Simon McCoy

As his 17-year career at BBC News draws to a close, we look back at some of @BBCSimonMcCoy's best bits https://t.co/CfF1pT876m pic.twitter.com/Fyg1aYfKnK

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 25, 2021

A total legend.

Can't believe he's been there 17 years, I still think of him as an new transfer from Sky News.

Makes me feel old

I did wonder when he said his usual “from me, good afternoon” and then “goodbye”

I would suggest it is another example of senior BBC management meddling in the broadcast operation which is making a lot of people unsettled and unhappy. You see it with Morning Live which is working perfectly well but is moved, not for creative purposes but for political ones. Its very unhealthy. I don't know if UK news will work financially and be welcomed or understood by the UK public. Maybe he will join his old friend Ms Burley there. It will be interesting to watch.
Whilst he is a great loss to the BBC no one is bigger that the corporation and no one is indispensable. The BBC can make a star but it doesn't last forever. Good luck to Simon he will be missed at the BBC.

The BBC news report on his departure described him as a 'household name'. As much as I like him, I think that's pushing it a bit. He doesn't past my 'mum test'.

Are you BM11?

I think ‘Mumsnet’ is a better tool for measuring.

No it’s nasty ***XS clearly?

Nah, BM11 is easy to spot online, just look for doom and gloom posts and posts can consists of something from Twitter.

As I stated in another thread (you didn't respond to my post), any business needs to consider multiple factors, not just creative ones, in order to survive. That's just how things were. With an unlimited pot of money that might not need to be the case, though you might get other issues.

I've been here and there around broadcasting for ...far too many years The BBC goes through theses stages but the present unsettledness is quite bad. It still survives despite certain managements best efforts to make thing difficult

The current churn of long serving staff is mainly due to a trawl for voluntary redundancy and the cap that was brought in for redundancy payments. It's not just on air people of course, I know a lot of people who have gone because of it, some have been there decades.

There's also the factor of several new start ups with deeper pockets than the BBC. In this case the guys at GB News, but also Mr Murdoch's organisation had poached well known presenters from both Radio 2 and Radio 4.

Although one thing that is interesting is that those who've been poached have all gone to traditional broadcast outlets, rather than big tech and new media companies