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Ofcom’s board has announced that Ed Richards is standing down as chief executive from the end of December this year. Richards gave no reason in the official statement for his decision, saying only that the time had come. "It has been a privilege to lead Ofcom during such an exciting and dynamic period in the evolution of the …

  1. dogged

    Place your bets, BT or Sky?

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    finally

    the birds on Babestation might be allowed to flash us some bush now!

  3. Anonymous IV

    Purpose?

    It doesn't really matter who is chosen to run Ofcom, since (to mix metaphors) it is a figurehead without any teeth. I think of Ofcom much like the IBM mainframe Assembler instruction NOP.

  4. Will Godfrey Silver badge

    He's leaving. So?

    Will anyone notice?

  5. Andy Livingstone

    Hope?

    Is there any hope that changing the man at the helm will produce a burst of activity and perhaps even common sense such as has recently hit Microsoft? Or will we still be stuck with a "regulator" of DOS standard?

  6. Qu Dawei

    Where will he go...?

    I imagine a revitalized "Just say No" campaign could make use of his talents because of his proven track records in responding to questions like "Can Ofcom take action to protect me here?"

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Shame

    So much heat, so little light.

  8. N2

    Hmm

    Ofcom? I had to think for a moment, what do they really do?

    Anyway, Im sure its pats on the back and massive pension pot to boot

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