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She previously served as the shadow cabinet minister for international development and shadow housing minister.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNandy took office during a period of uncertainty for the U.K.\u2019s screen sector in the wake of the Hollywood writer and actor strikes, post-pandemic inflation coupled with a downturn in the ad market and slashed budgets from broadcasters and streamers. She is currently overseeing the BBC\u2019s royal charter renewal, including its funding mechanism, as well as the U.K. arm of the Paramount\/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, in which she said she was \u201cminded to intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4585\">FAST Provider Wedotv Launches in India With Samsung TV Plus (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tOther major deals in the U.K. include Comcast-owned Sky\u2019s recent acquisition of public service broadcaster ITV, which has yet to receive regulatory approval, as well as potential bidders for its soon-to-be-spun-off production arm ITV Studios.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMeanwhile Burnham has also appointed Kanishka Narayan as the first minister for AI, jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNarayan was previously parliamentary under-secretary of state in the science, innovation and technology department. He was elected in July 2024 as the MP for Vale of Glamorgan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4583\">\u2018The Odyssey\u2019 Breaks Records With Massive Debut at U.K. and Ireland Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Nandy stays in post as U.K. culture secretary while MP Kanishka Narayan has been appointed the first minister for artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[707],"tags":[3679],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-dcms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lisa Nandy Stays in Post as U.K. Culture Secretary, Kanishka Narayan Appointed First AI Minister - 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