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The future of the ITV News Channel has been brought further into doubt this weekend after a secret document dealing with the "imminent closure" of the station was leaked to its staff.
According to the Media Guardian, the one page document was accidentally left on top of a printer in the channel's newsroom by a "senior" ITV executive on Thursday. The paper, which was subsequently circulated to all employees, outlined plans to shut down the struggling station should the need arise.
In a staff memo, David Mannion, editor-in-chief of ITV News, attempted to allay concern by describing the document as a "contingency plan", adding that nothing had yet been set in stone.
ITV News could close as soon as February, when a new kids channel takes over its remaining twelve hour slot on Freeview.
The future of the ITV News Channel has been brought further into doubt this weekend after a secret document dealing with the "imminent closure" of the station was leaked to its staff.
According to the Media Guardian, the one page document was accidentally left on top of a printer in the channel's newsroom by a "senior" ITV executive on Thursday. The paper, which was subsequently circulated to all employees, outlined plans to shut down the struggling station should the need arise.
In a staff memo, David Mannion, editor-in-chief of ITV News, attempted to allay concern by describing the document as a "contingency plan", adding that nothing had yet been set in stone.
ITV News could close as soon as February, when a new kids channel takes over its remaining twelve hour slot on Freeview.