‘Hard to say there won’t be job cuts’, freshly arrived ABC news chief declares
The ABC's new news director, Simon Robinson, has signaled that job cuts within the news division are a possibility as the broadcaster undergoes significant restructuring. This follows recent layoffs in the screen division and a broader push by management to outsource non-news programming.
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The potential for further job losses at a major public broadcaster highlights ongoing financial and operational pressures facing traditional media organizations.
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Share A A A In this week’s On Background , the ABC’s freshly arrived news boss gets a grilling from his troops, a star Seven AFL reporter finds time to help promote a drinks company owned by players he covers, and Sarah Abo could be back on TV screens before too long.
The ABC’s new news boss Simon Robinson breezed into Ultimo from London this week. On Thursday, he faced his first test: a grilling from Leigh Sales in a town hall with studio production value. The questions ranged from lay-ups like “How did you get into journalism” to curveballs like “Doesn’t having been away so long create a huge challenge for you as ABC News boss to judge what news stories and issues are relevant to Australians?”
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