Rebecca Maddern tipped to join Seven News desk

There is more speculation Rebecca Maddern is returning to the Seven News desk, to join Mike Amor on the news desk for weekends in Melbourne.

The Sunday Herald Sun reports work is getting underway in the coming days on the reconfiguration of the newsdesk and studio, preparing it for dual anchors.

Maddern previously fronted afternoon bulletins at Seven prior to joining Nine in 2016. She recently departed the network in what was reported as a contractual split.

The move to join Amor is seen as a step to boost weekend numbers in the battle against Alicia Loxley, who was recently touted as successor to Peter Hitchener in the future.

Weekday newsreader Peter Mitchell recently reflected to TV Tonight on news desk changes over history, after he replaced David Johnston & Anne Fulwood in 2000.

“When Jen (Jennifer Keyte) left they gave the job to David Johnston on his own up against Brian Naylor, and after a couple of years they thought, ‘David works better with a woman beside him,’ so they brought Anne Fulwood down from Sydney to read with him.’ They gave that a couple of years and decided to move them aside and gave the job to (me),” he said.

Seven is yet to comment on the rumours.