Farewell then, Kevin Marsh, who is stepping down as editor of the Today programme four years after he replaced Rod Liddle. Former editors have presided over longer reigns, but few can have been so turbulent.
But what to make of the Marsh era? Andrew Gilligan's report aside - as if you could ever ignore it - does Marsh leave the programme in a better shape than he found it, or worse?
The Radio 4 programme has been accused of losing its teeth since Hutton, a charge Marsh has denied. John Kampfner in the New Statesman accused Today of "deliberately avoiding giving offence to the government and the establishment".
Not true, Marsh has said. "BBC journalism is about trust: trusted reporting, trusted interviewing, trusted analysis. It can never be about throwing loose, half-baked allegations around in the hope that something will stick."
Marsh also introduced the concept of guest editors on the programme. But he will hope that his legacy extends beyond putting the Duchess of York in charge of Today.
