Former Rai president Lucia Annunziata
quit the State broadcaster on Thursday, sources said.
Earlier on Thursday Rai's board approved new CEO Roberto
Sergio's appointments for the network's top news posts.
The departure of veteran journalist Annunziata, who had a show
in which she grilled politicians, comes soon after that of
another prominent left-leaning presenter, Fabio Fazio.
He said the failure of Rai to renew the contract for his
historic chat show was a sign of the "boundless greed" of
Italy's rightwing government in an alleged purge, a claim the
right indignantly denies.
In his weekly column for Oggi, Fazio said the right felt
"legitimised" by its thumping September general election win "to
behave like the owner of the public sphere with little regard
for the public weal and with a boundless greed".
Fazio has now signed a four-year deal with the Discovery
Channel.
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