All-male news appointments, a serious tear – Corriere.it

«We have achieved a significant reduction in the gender gap, both in terms of career and wages between 2021 and 2022. Unfortunately, this effort was not made during the last appointments, in particular for the directorates of the newspapers, which are stay all masculine: a serious breach of corporate gender policies’: said Marinella Soldi, in a hearing before the Supervisory Commission. The Rai president added: «If you do a search you will never find a word `quote’ in what I said. I’m quite allergic to this word and this concept, we talk about merit».

During the audition Soldi touched on other topics.

The debt

“I’d like to convey a sense of urgency to you. The company, despite having closed the last balance sheet in balance, faces a debt situation of 580 million euros in 2022. For a necessary renewal of the forms of financing, a credible and realistic business plan is needed to be approved shortly and strictly no later than 2023″.

The industrial plan

«Service contract, industrial plan, which also includes the real estate plan, and sustainability plan are the three strategic projects on which the company has continued to work in this year in which we haven’t seen each other».

Beware of information products

«The quality of information is the priority theme of sustainability according to our stakeholders. I believe that precisely in response to this clear indication, but also in consideration of the provisions of the Convention in force and the Guidelines of the next Service Contract, renewed attention to the quality of its information products is necessary for Rai, with a view to transparency and responsibility, in line with European public services, and taking into account the changing habits and information needs of users, the spread of disinformation and fake news, and the potential regulatory evolutions of the European Media Freedom Act”.

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