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Channel Seven poach A Current Affair star with plans to go head-to-head with 60 Minutes amid ratings war


Channel Seven has thrown its hat in the ring as it attempts to win the ongoing Sunday night ratings war.

Instead, the source has been reliably informed Seven bosses are set to axe Usher, leaving Cox to present the Friday and Saturday night bulletins solo. 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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