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Following Grimshaw’s departure, the Today show stumbled into arguably its most controversial chapter, with the short-lived appointment of Jessica Rowe as the new co-host.
Reflecting on that turbulent time, Stefanovic admitted Rowe had been “pilloried”.
“It was shocking, the treatment that she had. She was called the most heinous things, and I was just trying to survive,” he explained on Stellar’s Something To Talk About podcast.
“I’ve apologised to Jess since then, but at the time I just didn’t know how to navigate my own future, let alone be there for her in the way that I should have.”Before her dramatic contract dispute with Nine led to an abrupt defection to Network Ten, Stefanovic’s longest-serving co-host was Lisa Wilkinson, who joined Today in 2007 and stayed on for 10 years.
“But this I will say about Lisa: genuinely adored working with her. I found her to be an incredibly interesting, intelligent, funny woman,” he insisted.
“She taught me so much about the craft of conversation, and we had a really beautiful relationship. So there is no ill will. Only great things came from that.”
The longtime breakfast TV host currently sits alongside Sarah Abo at the desk, for which he describes himself as “so fortunate”.
“I don’t see Sarah ever being replaced. And I genuinely have no interest in working with anyone else.
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I was joking 
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Tony was dumped, just like everybody else.
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No Early News today. Not sure why. 0510 and ACA is still on from Saturday evening.
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Today started at 0530 as usual.
Probably technical issues
Or they can’t find someone willing to get up that early like Alex did.
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I know they’ve got Garry Youngberry and another reporter in Townsville with all the floods currently, but would’ve thought they’d send Tim up there to cover it - especially since he’s based in Qld I think?
Nothing quite like having your weather presenter sitting in a Sydney studio when there’s a major weather event happening in the country.
Also, get out of the water Garry 
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Kendall Bora departing as EP of Today, heading to US to head up the news bureau there.
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Wow this is just getting messier for Today.
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Messier or are they cleaning up the mess?
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Probably cleaning up the mess. It’ll be interesting if they’re going to a whole new direction of Today & Today Extra. Or just keep it plain Jayne.
Wonder if the departure of Matt Doran from the Seven Network last year has anything to do with this. Interesting to see if it was planned or not.
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Also makes me wonder if Seven has plans for Doran in the US. I also know he was formerly based in LA prior to joining Seven in 2017.
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Wasn’t it reported he wanted to make documentaries in the US?
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Daily Mail have done an article on the news out of Nine today, as typical with random sources and for some reason focussed it on Matt Doran rather than Kendall Bora when talking about her appointment in the US.
Comments to the article also all refer to Doran and are supportive of him, saying they miss watching him on WS and giving best of luck to the couple.
There is also a strange comment suggesting a rumour that Mike Amor is stepping down from Seven News Melbourne weekend news for family reasons and that Doran will be the replacement.
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It is a strange headline, but I doubt the author Steve Jackson (formerly of Seven, Spotlight) had anything to do with that as it is the DM after all.
With a story focusing on Kendall’s exit, rather than the other announcements at Nine today, Matt’s name likely used for recognition factor.
Also plays into his abrupt exit from Weekend Sunrise, and arguably the larger issues at Today.
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Any guesses who will be their new EP??