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Sky News wields the axe
Jason Deans
Tuesday June 6, 2006
Sky News will this week unveil sweeping changes, understood to include job cuts and the axing of underperforming programmes introduced for the network's relaunch last autumn.
Top of the Sky News hit list is believed to be Sky Report with Julie Etchingham, the hour-long 7pm daily bulletin providing a roundup and analysis of the day's events.
World News Tonight with James Rubin, which follows the Sky Report at 8pm, is also thought to be under threat.
The Sky Report is well resourced by Sky News' standards, with around 30 dedicated staff - many recruited from the BBC and ITN - but has failed to boost significantly the channel's ratings since the relaunch in October.
Etchingham, who is highly regarded by Sky News management, is expected to stay with the broadcaster and other Sky Report staff are thought likely to be redeployed to other areas of the channel's output.
However, it is understood some jobs will go from Sky Report, among the wider Sky News staff cuts.
Sky News executives are said to have yesterday begun talking to individual staff who may be affected by the cuts, with a formal announcement to all employees about the planned changes expected on Friday.
The presentation to staff is expected to be made by Nick Pollard, the head of Sky News, or possibly the Sky Networks managing director, Dawn Airey.
It was announced last month Mr Pollard was to leave Sky News in September, after more than a decade at the helm of the award-winning channel.
He is to be replaced by the Sky News executive editor, John Ryley, who is about to leave the UK to follow a two-month business and finance course at Wharton University in the US.
Jason Deans
Tuesday June 6, 2006
Sky News will this week unveil sweeping changes, understood to include job cuts and the axing of underperforming programmes introduced for the network's relaunch last autumn.
Top of the Sky News hit list is believed to be Sky Report with Julie Etchingham, the hour-long 7pm daily bulletin providing a roundup and analysis of the day's events.
World News Tonight with James Rubin, which follows the Sky Report at 8pm, is also thought to be under threat.
The Sky Report is well resourced by Sky News' standards, with around 30 dedicated staff - many recruited from the BBC and ITN - but has failed to boost significantly the channel's ratings since the relaunch in October.
Etchingham, who is highly regarded by Sky News management, is expected to stay with the broadcaster and other Sky Report staff are thought likely to be redeployed to other areas of the channel's output.
However, it is understood some jobs will go from Sky Report, among the wider Sky News staff cuts.
Sky News executives are said to have yesterday begun talking to individual staff who may be affected by the cuts, with a formal announcement to all employees about the planned changes expected on Friday.
The presentation to staff is expected to be made by Nick Pollard, the head of Sky News, or possibly the Sky Networks managing director, Dawn Airey.
It was announced last month Mr Pollard was to leave Sky News in September, after more than a decade at the helm of the award-winning channel.
He is to be replaced by the Sky News executive editor, John Ryley, who is about to leave the UK to follow a two-month business and finance course at Wharton University in the US.
CI
As "England" is a singular mass noun, the correct tense of the verb "to be" is "is" and not "are". It would be different if the question started - "The English - are they pushing him........"
Musey posted:
as much as i like rubin, he's probably gonna get the chop and it's understandable. but the sky report would be harsh, they really should keep it.
also am i right in thinking the poll today has a gramattical error? Should'nt it be 'are' instead of 'is'?
also am i right in thinking the poll today has a gramattical error? Should'nt it be 'are' instead of 'is'?
As "England" is a singular mass noun, the correct tense of the verb "to be" is "is" and not "are". It would be different if the question started - "The English - are they pushing him........"
BN
Shame about the Sky Report - if true. It is a really good show - just in the wrong time slot. Its going head to head with Channe 4 News, which in essence is offering a similar service - special reports and in depth analysis - the Sky Report would have suited a later slot, perhaps 9pm considering there are no network news shows, or any news on other channels ie BBC 4/More 4. Could have IMO made it Sky's own slot - but the 9pm slot I suppose isn't going to be a big slot for news, what with other channels offering big name dramas etc...
JL
One thing I would like to know is on my freeview epg at 21:00 it says The Nine O'Clock News', but why is there no indication to this in the v/o, and it only lasts 1/2hr. My point is that if their going to have a name for somthing they shoud at least anniunce it and use it instead of Chris saying during the headlines 'Welcome to the Nine O'Clock news' and then after the v/o saying 'this is Sky news Tonight'.
I have to admitt I thought getting rid of WNT would have been top of their hit-list, I know originally, a few months back, The Sky Report was thrashing BBC N24 until about 19:45, about the time when they have that ad-break that leaves then just about 8-9 mins to have an interview and say whats coming up tomurrow - and whats more I remember it being quite a big lead, around 80,000 - but I may be wrong.
I've come up with a schedule, i think would work, its dissapointing for Julie, but hey...
Sunrise - 06:00 (stays the same). Whilst I think that Eamonn was probably a wrong signing for a news-channel, he is getting better.
SNT - 09:00 (with Martin Stanford and Julie Etchingham). A great pairing would be great to see them back with each other.
Lunchtime Live - 12:00 (stays the same)
SNT - 14:00 (Mark Longhurst and Anna Jones). Went for Anna over Ginny because I simply think that she's much stronger.
Live at Five - 17:00 (Jeremy Thompson and Anna Botting). T he return of another great pair.
Sky News - 18:00 (Jeremy Thompson and Anna Botting)
Sportsline at 18:30
Sky News 20:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph)
Sky News at Ten - 22:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph). Bring back a kind of 1998 style opening with a tracking shot of the gallery fading into a nice zoom from the current position.
Sky News Tonight - 23:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph). Keep the paper review, but more global news in the first 1/2hr.
Whilst there are some people that I would just like to get rid of, and just start again with the presenters on the schedule, I think sky don't want any more attention that what thye are going to get by ditching what was supposed to be the future of rolling news.
I have to admitt I thought getting rid of WNT would have been top of their hit-list, I know originally, a few months back, The Sky Report was thrashing BBC N24 until about 19:45, about the time when they have that ad-break that leaves then just about 8-9 mins to have an interview and say whats coming up tomurrow - and whats more I remember it being quite a big lead, around 80,000 - but I may be wrong.
I've come up with a schedule, i think would work, its dissapointing for Julie, but hey...
Sunrise - 06:00 (stays the same). Whilst I think that Eamonn was probably a wrong signing for a news-channel, he is getting better.
SNT - 09:00 (with Martin Stanford and Julie Etchingham). A great pairing would be great to see them back with each other.
Lunchtime Live - 12:00 (stays the same)
SNT - 14:00 (Mark Longhurst and Anna Jones). Went for Anna over Ginny because I simply think that she's much stronger.
Live at Five - 17:00 (Jeremy Thompson and Anna Botting). T he return of another great pair.
Sky News - 18:00 (Jeremy Thompson and Anna Botting)
Sportsline at 18:30
Sky News 20:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph)
Sky News at Ten - 22:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph). Bring back a kind of 1998 style opening with a tracking shot of the gallery fading into a nice zoom from the current position.
Sky News Tonight - 23:00 (Chris Roberts/Steve Dixon and Gillian Joseph). Keep the paper review, but more global news in the first 1/2hr.
Whilst there are some people that I would just like to get rid of, and just start again with the presenters on the schedule, I think sky don't want any more attention that what thye are going to get by ditching what was supposed to be the future of rolling news.