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Martha Kearney
Martha Kearney ... high-profile vacancy? Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe

With Martha Kearney the leading contender to be the new presenter on Channel 4 News, BBC types are already talking about who might replace her on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, reports the Daily Mail. Newsnight's Emily Maitlis and Sarah Montague of Today are said to be the hot favourites. "The high command are keen to keep up the number of female voices on Radio 4," a BBC source tells the paper. With Montague the only regular female presenter on Today, that would open up another high-profile vacancy elsewhere on the station.

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