Sandra Sully appropriately dressed in black tonight.
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Theyāre currently not. Both Networks have commenced cutbacks in all newsrooms.
And I can see more eventuating in the future.
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Surely a better approach would be reducing the local bulletins to 30 minutes and then having an hour long national bulletin at 5.30?
This approach will be a logistical nightmare.
How sad when those living in WIN areas get more local news than their metro counterparts.
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Iām not sure whether Iād agree with this - I think this is the manifestation of Ten being stationary, while the market moves around them. 5pm was a point of difference, it was before everyone but with the advent of rolling news and the likes of Seven and Nine now having a bulletin before 5, Tenās gone from occupying a unique space to being sandwiched between news offerings.
As someone (I think it was TVHead) raised the other day - Ten have done little to no promotion of their news offerings for sometime now - which is just absurd, unless this has been the plan for a whileā¦
I wouldnt be surprised if Ten fold this back further and have a single national bulletin
Thats a good question - although given they have larger news outputs, itās not surprising they have larger newsrooms.
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What news Channel 5 in the UK has, which is half hour national bulletins at 5:00pm and 6:30pm, and one lunchtime news break and two evening news breaks, is all outsourced to ITN. The morning 2 hour talk show Jeremy Vine is also outsourced to ITN.
I wonder if that is the future for Ten in a year or two - outsourced news with just a national bulletin.
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Looks like all that is old is new again 
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I liked the look of Sky news on 10. However the Ten logo is quite old. How about we can change the 10 logo on it. That would be a fresh look. 
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Stephen Quartermain not on tonight, did he have holidays planned? Or has he not gone on air in protest of his mate Mike?
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All the idiots on news Corp comments think this is some left wing conspiracy and that 10 is suffering because itās a left wing network and that they should axe the project. Completely and utterly clueless.
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Well, hereās a second story on the same subject for you to enjoy. 
I predict at least three more by the end of the week. 
Moments Kerri-Anne crossed the line:
Stephen was away last night too
KAK only signed a new contract at the end of March. How quickly the tide turns.
Perhaps Narelda Jacobs doing the weekend Perth bulletin has been a test run for the weekday gig.
Side note, Amanda Jason presenting weather in Sydney. No Tim Bailey.
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Tim Bailey MIA from weather on the Sydney bulletin tonight. He was there last night. Amanda Jason presenting in his place. She is also dressed in black. I wonder if Matt Burke has a black suit?
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If they do actually record a live bulletin for WA, it is a no brainer to bring back Narelda. But man, what a blow it is for Monika.
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New #savetarsh she is such a great talent they need to keep her. Nz has a single national bulletin on both major networks and yes I understand itās a small population but it makes sense business wise.
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But sadly they didnāt.
Mike Larkin mentioned at the start of his ācrossā about today being a bit of a challenge.
Good on him for powering through though.
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Apologies if Iāve missed something (as itās been a very fast moving thread!), but do we know if there will be pre-recorded windows of local news (say maybe 1 block) plus sport for QLD and SA (and maybe WA as well) whilst the rest might be common to each bulletin?
I canāt imagine how Mike must feel. Heās been presenting Melbourne weather for 24 years.
Even Tim Bailey has done 24 years as weather presenter in Sydney.
It really is such a massive loss for the entire network for all presenting staff.
There has been conflicting articles about this. Itās up in the air for now.
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