Emma Lawrence is presenting sport this weekend.
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Chris thanked everyone for being apart of her first bulletin on 10 at the end.
and here is the full bulletin for those interested
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Ugh, canât watch the full one here in PH. The WMG content hit me.
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Chris has so much authority. Seven are fools.
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You have to wonder what went on behind the scenes at Seven considering Bath is doing the equivalent job 3.5 years down the track at another network.
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Not to mention all the other high profile presenters/reporters whoâve left Seven since 2014âŚ
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And probably on a lot less than the $500k she walked away from as well.
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There comes a point in life though that dignity is higher and more important than money. I suspect she lost her dignity and importance the moment Ferguson was appointed over her and it was a route of no return.
Sheâs done a fantastic job tonight. One would imagine that if she is still in the main chair of Seven News Sydney theyâd probably be beating Nine now.
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Bathâs first bulletin at 10 was a stark reminder of just how good she is and how stupid 7 were to replace her with Ferguson. Iâd be looking over my shoulder if I was Sandra Sully.
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For all we know, 10 could be working on a late news bulletin and Sandra might love that national exposure and her former role!
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Chris Bath in Perth looked really excited to be there, fumbling over the closer and beaming from ear to ear.
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another bulletin⌠to fill out the other 3 days of the week?
Donât know why but this notion seems to come up semi-frequently around here for some reason - I know Bathâs supporters here wonât like me saying this but I doubt it. While I donât believe Ferguson was the right person to replace her, Bath being âmoved asideâ (for lack of a better term) wasnât done for the sakes of itâŚ
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Did she film another closer for the Perth edition? I thought 10 would just keep the weather segment from the national edition and just update the main news and sport.
itâs a local bulletin. the title cards and all were the Perth graphics and proper local news, sport and weather, like the weekday edition
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Before the Bath/Ferguson switched happened (hard to believe itâs been nearly five years, time flies!) Peter Overton was beating Chris Bath by a margin of 100k or more at one point, right?
Although the main problem with Seven News Sydney was, and still is the quality of their content. Theyâd been falling for quite some time beforehand (remember when tabloid stories like the arrests of Brian McFadden and Joel Madden were top headlines?), but I think standards dropped alarmingly when Ferguson took over from Bath as Seven Sydneyâs main presenter.
The âEverywhereâ campaign & âOn Seven News tonight/Seven News Starts Now/Welcome to Seven Newsâ Opener era (with presenter on-screen for Opening Headlines) was a recent low for them - thank goodness theyâve since moved away from that but sadly, Ten still havenât got the message when it comes to their News Openers! 
Really? If thereâs one segment of the bulletin that should be localised for Perth (or any market for that matter), surely itâs the weather?!
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Did anyone record the Perth edition?
Itâs always hard to know how things could have turned out differently but Bathie was really the least of Sevenâs problems during that era. Content and presentation were absolutely garbage, as were their promotions.
IIRC ratings plummeted even further under Mark, it was only after they made bigger changes and put money into revamping the bulletin (and a masssive, massive marketing push) that things started to recover. And even now they remain a noticeable distance behind Nine with very little prospect of surging ahead anytime soon.
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Things seemed to go from bad to worse at Seven when Peter Meakin was replaced by Rob Raschke. While the slide started under Meakinâs watch, it accelerated under the new management. I donât think Raschke had a good grasp on the Sydney market after all those years in Brisbane. The quality of the product was noticeably inferior after he took over and you could tell Bath wasnât always comfortable with with some of the changes which put her at odds with Raschke and Chris Willis. Having the Nine reject read three days only served to undermine Bathâs position and confuse viewers.
Iâd say Meakinâs presence at Ten has a lot to do with why Bath is there. He showed a lot of faith in her when he was running the show at Seven. She wasnât always the natural successor to Ian Ross but she seemed to win him over with her charm, professionalism and competence. If both had remained at Seven I think the race between Seven and Nine would be a lot tighter today.
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