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Channel Seven 'to SPLIT its popular newsreading team with one host facing the axe while the other will continue solo'
Channel Seven's staffing bloodbath has taken a twist, days after reports claimed Mark Ferguson will be 'shafted' as the weeknight newsreader at Seven.
The rumoured nightly news shakeup comes as the bloodbath continues at Channel Seven in the wake of the Bruce Lehrmann sex and drugs allegations that hit the network's flagship current affairs show, Spotlight. McPherson is the fourth executive to leave the network in April following the scandal over Spotlight's lucrative deal with Lehrmann, who was found by the Federal Court to have raped Brittany Higgins on a civil scale. 'His absolute focus on news gathering and storytelling will underpin his approach, while his knowledge of digital and his innovative mindset will be just what SWM needs as we continue to build a better media business.'
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