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Eamonn Holmes to leave Sky News

(September 2016)

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WH
Whataday Founding member
They used to be different skillsets when the likes of Kenneth Kendall would pitch up and read a script somebody else had written. Nowadays, and especially on a rolling news chanel, the role of the newsreader is to tell the story of things that are happenning, not those which have happened, and so it requires a lot more in the way of interviewing skills and the ability to quickly get up to speed on a situation and be able to ask intelligent questions. A journalist is going to be much more useful than an autocue reader in that situation.


But just because someone isn't a trained journalist, it doesn't mean they're just an autocue reader. Life isn't that black and white.
WH
Whataday Founding member
This from GMTV boss at the time when he quit GMTV: "If you think of successful breakfast TV presenters you think of Eamonn; if you get up, as he has done, at 4am in the morning for the last 12 years, you know there will come a time when he says, 'I don't want to do it anymore.'"

Very Happy and then later in the year he joined Sky News, so I guess it shouldn't be ruled out but it certainly makes it easier for him to join Good Morning Britain if he was asked and wanted to.


And this from Eamonn at his leaving party (from which said boss was banned):

"If any of those c**** are sacked, I will come back, I promise. I love you all and will miss everyone - apart from those idiots."
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SP
Steve in Pudsey
But just because someone isn't a trained journalist, it doesn't mean they're just an autocue reader. Life isn't that black and white.


Quite so. We were talking about skillsets, which is not necessarily the same as formal training.
AA
Aaron_2015
Interesting tweet to Piers Morgan from Eamonn:





I'm sure it means nothing however.
PI
picard
Something is going on at Sky News, something is occurring. The box has scared them all away.

Wonder how much ITV will offer.
BR
Brekkie
No surprise at all - he's arguably the channels biggest name and one of the highest paid stars, and with the cost cutting in recent months plus Eamonn having an extended leave of absense I suspect those signing the pay cheques have questioned whether Sunrise needs him or not. I wouldn't be surprised if he had quit in a similar to manner to how Carol Vorderman left Countdown - not axed by the station but instead offered a new contract on a much reduced salary.

He has enough going on elsewhere not to miss it I'm sure, and after 20+ years of breakfast TV he deserves a lie in. C5 seem to like him so wouldn't be surprised at all to see him signed up to 5 News.
AA
Aaron_2015
I wouldn't be surprised if ITV try and get him to do GMB for two days a week. The Eamonn/Charlotte pairing worked well on Sunrise, so ITV could easily recreate that.
PI
picard
I wouldn't be surprised if ITV try and get him to do GMB for two days a week. The Eamonn/Charlotte pairing worked well on Sunrise, so ITV could easily recreate that.


Maybe even the BBC?
AN
Andrew Founding member
I wouldn't be surprised if ITV try and get him to do GMB for two days a week. The Eamonn/Charlotte pairing worked well on Sunrise, so ITV could easily recreate that.


Maybe even the BBC?

Doubt he would want to work in Salford when the rest of his, and his wife's work is in London.
LL
London Lite Founding member
5 News is probably one of the more realistic suggestions for his next main gig, although I'd be sad to see Sian Williams leave.
SN
The SNT Three
I wouldn't be surprised if ITV try and get him to do GMB for two days a week. The Eamonn/Charlotte pairing worked well on Sunrise, so ITV could easily recreate that.


Maybe even the BBC?

Doubt he would want to work in Salford when the rest of his, and his wife's work is in London.


I think the chances of him doing BBC Breakfast (which are slim enough as it is) and keeping ITV This Morning would be very low...
SK
Skygeek

Later I assume, although wasn't September originally mentioned?

I'm now reading 2017 into your reply!!

I'm not at liberty to elaborate, other than to say your original thought was not correct.

I could imagine that Sky News starts broadcasting as of next week from the Glass Box studio (probably September 5th), using it as a second studio with the HQ still at Sky News Centre and then in 2017 there will be the "big" relaunch with a completely new HQ!

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