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This is “day zero” for for the free-to-air broadcaster, chairman Archie Norman declared: forget the miserable past, the future is what counts
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ITV’s search for a new chairman and a new chief executive, a saga lasting almost eight months, has ended with the appointments of Archie Norman and Adam Crozier. They face a daunting task in guiding the broadcaster through what is likely to be a difficult period
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