Quarters is a great presenter, but Iâm really looking forward to Keyte and a fresh reboot.
I wonder if Mal would be publically scrutinisung management if they got Helen Kapalos back? Surely he canât say that Stephen is a better news anchor than Jen.
I read somewhere that Stephen has six months left on his contract so maybe Jen starts in late OctoberâŚ
That TVT article says that Stephen was told the news on Tuesday night, before it became publicly available on Wednesday.
To be absolutely honest, even Mal himself should concede to the fact that Stephen is just not a good newsreader. I mean the way he was sidelined was probably not the best but who wouldnât want a qualified, popular and experienced presenter to front your bulletin rather than someone whose career evolved around sports.
Kudos to Mal for defending his mate, but sorry, his argument just doesnât make sense IMO. Trying to defend someone who clearly isnât qualified for their role is just madness (considering the replacement is a much more qualified veteran).
Can I ask, did Ten used to have news directors in each state rather than the single one in Sydney? Or has this always been the case.
I completely agree with all the points youâve made there.
Again, it also has to be said that this move ensures that Melbourne has at least one female presenter reading weeknight news on a regular basis AND that Ten will have lead female anchors for their weekday 5pm news in all five capital cities! Surely this is a good thing?
Also, IMO itâs good that Jen left that hogwash that is Seven News Melbourne for Ten who is slowly but surely rebuilding their news department of a higher standard. Wouldnât be surprised to see more presenters from other networks move across (or even back) to Ten.
Why hogwash?
Indeed it is great to have female newsreaders fronting bulletins in 5 capital cities.
Something that l am glad to see happen, decades ago it was really a male dominated field in this country.
Some of the content theyâve been airing recently have been pretty bad (including that Neo-Nazi interview), and most of the reporters (and some presenters) have some sort of sensationalist style oc reporting nowadays, but thatâs a debate for another time I suppose.
Ok understand now what you were talking about.
They have the main head of news in Sydney but each market still has a news manager which is technically still at news director.
I think the issue is that a weekend news reading role would interere with his radio commitments. For him to give up his radio commitments + take a pay cut on his news reading role (given we now know that Seven Weekends pays less than Ten Weekdays), would seem unlikely.
As far as I am aware Bruce McAvaney is continuing on next year, so there are no AFL roles seemingly available.
The only possible scenario I can see is some kind of talk radio opportunity with 3AW that has been speculated + Fri / Sat news and give up his AFL commitments for radio.
Do we know if Ten are sending anyone to Russia to cover the Socceroos World Cup campaign?
But who said anything about just ânews readingâ?
Its a good question, as they only seem to send somebody over when Australia does well in the special events.
Natarsha Belling is back presenting news and Josh Holt presenting the weather again tonight.
Back in Sydney also