Did he actually say that? Or is it fake news again?
From The Australian
âThis is a thing that takes many years to establish, a new show, and a new format and a new crew,ââ Mr Marks told The Australian.
A couple of agencies that The Australian contacted for the report didnât seem to agree.
Julian Townley, the chief executive and founder of creative agency Redengine SCC, said the showâs fresh on-air team, headed by Gardner and Knight, lacked the journalistic breadth and depth that former co-hosts Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson brought to the program.
Mr Townley said Nine needed to make changes before the showâs ratings slipped any further.
âIf youâre going to fail, fail fast. Adapt and get on with it,ââ he said.
And
Fusion Strategy media analyst Steve Allen said Nine had yet to Ââdecide on a strategy, a strategic directionâ.
âThey have not done this, in our view. More of the same and Sunrise will beat them on this: establishÂed line-up, established format, established hosts and cash giveÂaways,â Mr Allen said.
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It is obvious that he does not watch the show.
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I just watched an old bloopers reel. Karl - what a laugh. So much like Paul Henry, took TVNZ Breakfast years after they gave him the boot to recover in the ratings . Only for him to join the opposition brekky show and gain traction there⌠Thereâs an idea !
All I could think watching it was , no wonder the ratings are down - they axed life of the party!
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Corey Norris is presenting sport from Melbourne again this weekend.
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It wonât matter what Deb Knight, GG, 9 execs or anyone else says about all this. NewsCorpse and anonymous âinsidersâ know better, and mere facts wonât persuade all those whoâve already made up their minds.
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Today dropped to their lowest ratings ever recorded yesterday.
Over 130k behind Sunrise. 5 city metro.
National figures: a 94% margin.
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Not helped by damaging media reports.
Now, The Daily Telegraph has actually apologised and withdrawn their claims which were proven wrong.
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Are they doing a Channel 10 thing and trying to rebrand the way people write the network name? NINE in all caps? Or have I just completely missed this?
Does Deb do 6 days a week?
YesâŚ
what a disgrace, The Daily Telethrash.
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That article makes a very good point I think.
While Iâm still donât think Nine has the right mix of presenters (especially if they want to truly appeal to a national audience rather than just a Sydney/East Coast audience) or content for Today, hitting the panic button after five or six weeks would not be the right thing to do.
Completely exiting the breakfast TV market will never be an option for Nine either, the experience with Ten shows that once you leave thereâs no turning back especially when youâre trying to re-enter a market you havenât been in for two decades or so.
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The one thing that the article really failed to address imo, is the fact that when Lisa started she joined a show that was really âscandalâ free and it had little media attention compared to now. Georgie and Deb have come into the show at a tough time and worse than it was when Lisa came in.
So to say that shows take their time to build audiences is somewhat correct but when the show and its presenters face continual media scrutiny and have viewers commenting how they want âcertain presentersâ back they are in a far worse position. Its basically a fractured family that has gone through a divorce and people arenât responding well.
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The show did have its scandals (boning of Jess Rowe, myriad of co-hosts), but you are right not the extend of now.
I really hope Nine give both Deb and Georgie a chance.
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Brooke Boney and Richard Wilkins are in LA. They will be at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the glamor and action in the 91st Academy Awards.
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