So. Farewell then Kay Burley. After 36 years, the Sky star has announced she is retiring from the channel. In a two-minute monologue at the end of this morning’s programme, Burley reflected on her career in broadcast journalism, covering stories ranging from the death of Princess Diana and the Concorde air disaster to London winning the rights to host the 2012 Olympics. She said:
After over a million minutes of live TV news – more than anyone else in the world – it’s time for me to indulge in some of my other passions, including my love for travel. So after covering 12 separate general elections including Sir Keir Starmer’s victory last year I’m retiring from Sky News. Let politicians of every party just rejoice at that news…
It comes as Sky undertakes a major restructuring from linear TV towards digital media. Burley has been there since the channel’s launch in 1989: talk about ravens leaving the Tower.
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