Robert Sergio is the new CEO of Rai. Sergio's appointment - with immediate effect - comes a few days after the resignation of his predecessor, Carlo Fuortes. But to hold court on social media and in the political debate theFabio Fazio's farewell to Rai, together with Luciana Littizzetto, with the center-right who has never digested her show "Che tempo che fa" in recent years and today rejoices, while on the left there is talk of "defeat" and "bad news for the country".
The appointment of Sergio Rai on the razor's edge
The vote in the RAI board of directors of Roberto Sergio new CEO, who was not present at the time of his appointment, ended with three votes in favour, one against and two abstentions, which count as a no.
Therefore, the vote in favor of the president Marinella Soldi weighs, which in the event of a tie is worth double, who justified her choice in compliance with the indications of the Ministry of the Economy, which is the controlling shareholder of the company.
Also in favor Simona Agnes, in Forza Italia share, and Igor De Biasio, in Lega share. Contrary Francesca Bria, appointed to the Pd share, while Alessandro Di Majo, to the M5S share, and the director Riccardo Laganà, elected by the employees, abstained.
The new CEO has communicated his intention to appoint Paola Marchesini as chief executive officer staff and want to entrust a Giampaolo rossi the role of corporate general manager, a role previously held ad interim by the chief executive officer.
Fabio Fazio leaves Rai: the reactions
“I have been in Rai for 40 years. It cannot be suitable for all seasons. I don't think I am. I want to clarify that Luciana and I have no vocation to feel like victims or martyrs. We are very lucky people and we will have the opportunity to continue our work elsewhere". With these words Fabio Fazio spoke to Che tempo che fa on his farewell to Rai. Luciana Littizzetto also moves to Discovery (Warner Bros) with him, in the new program on channel 9 from next autumn. It is a farewell announced for weeks, the contract of the well-known conductor would have expired on June 30, but which has sparked many controversies.
At the news of the abandonment of the conductor, the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini posted an image of Fazio and Littizzetto with the caption 'Belli Ciao'. “Think about when we will tell you! We can't wait,” replied Sandra Zampa, senator and secretary of the Pd group in the Senate. While Maurizio Gasparri proposes to Rai “to leave the television space empty by putting a fixed image in Fazio's place. How can public television be imagined without Fazio and without his notoriously balanced debates devoid of polemical accents?”.
Among reactions to Fabio Fazio's farewell to Rai, the ironic one of Fiorello. “I already imagine the meeting: There's a good one, what shall we do? Go away ”, he says in his Viva Rai 2 press review. Hence his advice to him: «Be less good. And above all, don't say inappropriate things. Is there one that made money and worked? Street!"
Meanwhile, Fazio refers to the numbers: the episode of Che tempo che fa yesterday 14 May brought home a 12,4% share, with 2,5 million viewers. A record bet which confirms the elaboration of the Frasi study based on Auditel data quoted by Il Sole 24 Ore: Fazio's show has so far been the most watched program of all of Rai3. In 2023 alone, it produced an average audience of 2,4 million viewers, for a share of 11,8%.
