The chief enforcer of television quality and standards at regulator Ofcom is set to leave after just five months after being forced to choose between his job and his outside work as a journalist. Sources say Emmott argued that his outside interests had been cleared when he joined in January. However Ofcom insisted his two roles, as a writer and chair of the content board, were incompatible. Ofcom content board members are part-time but bound by a strict code of conduct that includes them having to declare conflicts of interest due to other roles. Both Emmott and Ofcom declined to comment.

Source: The Guardian September 13, 2016 09:30 UTC