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"BBC economics editor Evan Davis is to replace Carolyn Quinn as a presenter on Radio 4&amp;#039;s flagship news and current affairs programme Today when she leaves to concentrate on her other BBC roles in the spring. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s perhaps a bit annoying to take a break from my current job just at the very time the economy seems to be getting interesting,&amp;quot; said Davis. &amp;quot;But Today is a radio institution and I&amp;#039;d obviously be mad to turn down a chance to present it. I tried it for two weeks over the summer, and found that if you can mentally re-classify the early mornings as late nights, they really don&amp;#039;t seem so bad.&amp;quot; Today editor Ceri Thomas explained: &amp;quot;Evan is simply one of the outstanding BBC journalists of his generation. He&amp;#039;s knowledgeable, surprising, and brilliantly clear-sighted when it comes to working out what really matters on the big stories. There&amp;#039;s nobody better-qualified to present Today.&amp;quot; Quinn, who in addition to Today also presents The Westminster Hour and contributes to PM, said: &amp;quot;In recent months my energies have been increasingly split three ways between working late nights as the presenter of The Westminster Hour, early mornings on Today and afternoons on PM.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been a tough decision but in order to focus on presenting The Westminster Hour full-time, now is the right moment to give up my part-time role on the Today programme. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had a hugely enjoyable and fulfilling four years with the Today team, I wish them all the best for the future.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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