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Seven News jobs safe

Seven's News and Current Affairs boss Peter Meakin has talked down any fears of forced redundancies.

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Seven’s News and Current Affairs boss Peter Meakin has talked down any fears of forced redundancies following Seven West Media telling investors it was cutting costs at the network.

“I have received no message to start sharpening the axe but in saying that it is fair to say that those who are paid significantly more than others will be looked at a little closer to see if their salary is justified,” he told News Ltd yesterday.

“But I’m confident those who have helped take us to the top won’t need to worry.

“There are ways to cut costs and there are more ways to do it than job cuts.”

“But I will qualify that by saying that we are no longer working in an era of the automatic payrise.”

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  1. Typical double speak by some who have very forked tounges, always remember that Rationalisation and Redundancy start with same letter, either way someone always ends up getting the “R’s”!!

  2. This just means something is about to happen by the looks of things. Today Tonight needs to go! If there is one show on this network this is the one. The same goes for A Current Affair on Nine. Both shows need to be shafted. Yes people watch them but they are full of crap. They recycle stories every couple of weeks and its just rubbish tv.

    Invest in a one hour news bulletin and have 30 minutes local, 30 minutes national. It could work if they put their minds to it. Go back to the Ian Ross era of News. It was the best by far. Right now most stories on both networks are so tabloid i rarely watch them anymore.

  3. Take a closer look at just what Don Voelte said at the AGM earlier this week.

    It’s only a matter of time.

    I predict Melbourne will be one of the first to feel the swinging of the axe – given their abysmal news ratings.

  4. I’d take this with a large bag of salt. Whenever there is a question of an axe hanging over a program or a person, networks always deny that it will be happening (“no decision has been made”) until it has already happened.

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