Newsnight host Emily Maitlis and the BBC’s former North America editor Jon Sopel have both announced that they will be leaving the corporation to join Global.
The pair will front a major new podcast together for Global Player and will also host a new show on LBC, with both journalists confirming the news on Twitter.
It follows a similar path to that of Andrew Marr, who announced he was leaving the BBC to join Global in November 2021.
More to follow…