Vice Names BBCer to Run London News Operation

Guardian: Vice has appointed BBC “Newsnight” deputy editor Neil Breakwell to head its U.K. news operation. Ian Katz’s right-hand man on the BBC2 current affairs show will take the newly created role of London bureau chief for Vice News. Breakwell, who has also worked on BBC Radio 4 programs including “Today” and “World at One, “is joining in the midst of a restructure of Vice’s global news operation that has seen at least 20 staff laid off.