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ITV News boss – Geoff Hill a safe bet?

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Geoff Hill has emerged as the odds-on favourite to take over from Deborah Turness at ITV News, but will a dark horse emerge? Photograph: Jane Bown

The race appears to be on to replace Deborah Turness as ITV News editor, barely 24 hours after her stateside adventure to run NBC News was confirmed to ITN staff in London. Ladbrokes, the bookies of choice for hifalutin media types, has odds on all the main runners and riders and interesting moves are afoot. Geoff Hill, the 5News editor, has emerged as the 2/1 favourite, with Jonathan Munro, Turness's deputy, falling behind at 5/2. Monkey hears that pretty much all the money punted so far has gone on Hill – including a strong bet at 8/1 within minutes of the book going live. How intriguing.

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