Report: Bruce apology to Hugh Marks
WIN TV mogul Bruce Gordon has reportedly had a change of heart over Nine CEO Hugh Marks.
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Media reports today are sounding a change of heart by WIN TV mogul Bruce Gordon after earlier items suggesting he was looking to oust Nine CEO Hugh Marks.
Both refer to a recent phone call from Gordon to Marks as an olive branch at Sydney’s Beppi restaurant.
The Australian reports: Gordon called to express his regret about recent stories in The Australian that reported the Bermuda-based octogenarian had sounded out fellow Nine shareholders, including Perpetual, about ousting Marks. Understandably, the reports went down like a burnt pie at Nine and Gordon is believed to have offered an olive branch of sorts. -The Australian.
The Australian Financial Review also notes “Gordon phoned Nine chief Hugh Marks last week to apologise for incessant speculation in The Oz that WIN is agitating to roll Marks and his Willoughby management team.”
Articles also suggest David Leckie dined with Bruce Gordon and his WIN chief executive Andrew Lancaster.
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David Leckie is itching to get back to a major TV role ie CEO. Nine Network sounds like a perfect fit. Hugh Marks’s contract will be paid out if he gets the boot before the contract expires. He will be looking over his shoulder. Grant Blackly knows how that feels.
Nothing like being stabbed in the front …
Where there’s smoke….. there’s a burnt pie
I think the last paragraph is the most interesting…