Anyone reading the Friday morning papers might think it was big news: Ray Martin had left Nine. In reality, he’s just helped Nine management and the owners, CVC and James Packer, make a $1.2 million cost saving, writes Glenn Dyer.
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The Daily Verdict: Day 21 and John wins by an ear
If desperate politicians really do try desperate things, and John Howard pretending that a sixth interest rate rise since promising to keep them at record lows suggests he is in that category, then Rove Live next Sunday night should be worth watching, writes Richard Farmer.
Westacott says no to blondes (sorry Ross)
According to reports seeping out of the besieged Nine Network newsrooms around the country, new news and current affairs boss, John Westacott, has decreed that he wants to see fewer blondes and more grunt from reporters.
The many (Nine) lives of John Westacott
So John Westacott has the top job at Nine in news and Current Affairs. That certainly shows the value of taking the boss on a jaunt around Sydney Harbour on your vintage yacht. Now for the changes.
Anonymous gossip and the death of Channel Nine
As the media belly-aches about the fines and convictions imposed on Herald Sun political correspondents Gerard McManus and Michael Harvey for refusing to dislose a source, another interesting game has begun relating to Gerald Stone’s new book, Who Killed Channel Nine?
