ITV Morning News to be closed ...
TV is to axe its Morning News bulletin in favour of delivering content online, with extra resources to be put into creating a new foreign affairs unit.
The axing of Morning News will put 15 jobs at risk, but as part of a budget review for 2013 ITV is planning to create 11 new roles at ITV News including establishing a new foreign affairs unit. The new team will be headed by ITV News international editor Bill Neely, supported by a new international correspondent and news editor.
Morning News, which airs for 30 minutes at 5.30am before ITV's flagship breakfast show Daybreak, is being axed as part of the review of the broadcaster's budget for its news operation for next year.
ITV has decided to cut the programme, which is produced by ITN, partly because news content is regularly fed into the ITV News website and live stream.
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27-Nov-2012 @ 16:53