The Prime Minister would like to see the journalist join the public service broadcaster: it would restore the organisation’s prestige following the Ranucci-Lavitola affair. For the presenter, it would mark a return to the television station where he started out

The editor-in-chief of Tg La7: “Television is what I love doing.” And La Repubblica? “It’s run by Stefano Cappellini, who worked with me on Matrix – he’s a friend.” Meanwhile, the company is being hollowed out, following the resignation of Mario Orfeo and the departure of Francesco Dini, the figurehead during the De Benedetti years

The contract of the director of Tg La7 expires at the end of December, but it contains a clause that he signed when he joined the Cairo network, which could prevent him from taking up another post for 18 months. Creative solutions are being sought