Heads are rolling in the Channel 10 boardroom: executives are sacked as ratings fall and high-profile hosts ‘jump off the sinking ship’
Channel 10’s parent company, US media giant Paramount Global, has fired several local executives, including the head of its broadcast division.
VP of streaming Liz Baldwin, VP of operations Frank Filosi and at least seven other senior employees have been laid off.
The layoffs are part of a move toward a more global approach to streaming content, reports the Australian Financial Review.
Channel 10’s parent company, US media giant Paramount Global, has fired several local executives, including the head of its broadcast division. (In the image: the hosts of the Project)
Ten’s chief content officer, Beverley McGarvey, will become Australia head of Paramount+, while commercial director Jarrod Villani will become Australia’s regional lead.
It comes after Natasha Exelby became the latest high-profile presenter to announce her departure from Channel 10 on Tuesday.
Natasha first joined Channel 10 in 2008 as a political reporter, later covering the 2010 federal election.
Vice President of Broadcasting Liz Baldwin (pictured), Vice President of Operations Frank Filosi and at least seven other employees have been laid off, the Australian Financial Review reports.
She then became a host of the breakfast show Wake Up alongside Natarsha Belling and James Mathison in 2013, but they dropped her after three weeks.
In 2019, Natasha joined 10 News First in Melbourne before finally landing a role with the national news bulletin in 2022.
For the past several years, he was also a regular panelist at Studio 10.
Natasha’s departure from Ten came less than a week after Dr. Chris Brown left the struggling station after 15 years.
It comes after Natasha Exelby (pictured) became the latest high-profile presenter to announce her departure from Channel 10 on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old has signed a deal with Seven and will officially team up in July to produce ‘new projects’ for Channel Seven and 7Plus.
Natasha and Chris are the latest in a series of major departures from Ten, following the departures of The Project hosts Carrie Bickmore, Lisa Wilkinson and Peter Helliar.
Senior staff have also been following on-air talent out the door, including the network’s head of publicity, Sarah ‘SJ’ Johnson.
Dejected employees said last year that the station feels like “a sinking ship” and that the workplace “lacks direction and morale,” though representatives for the network insist that Ten’s parent company, Paramount Global, you are in good financial shape.
Natasha’s departure from Ten came less than a week after Dr. Chris Brown (pictured) left the struggling station after 15 years.
“There will be many more resignations to come… Ten feels a bit like a sinking ship,” a staffer told Daily Mail Australia, adding that morale had been in a critical slump “for some time.”
‘It feels a bit rudderless. Like there isn’t much direction and the string can’t seem to figure out exactly what it wants to be.
Adding to the general discontent is the network’s unpredictable programming, which relies heavily on reality TV formats, another staffer said. said the source. It seems that there is so much that bombards.
Natasha and Chris are the latest in a series of major departures from Ten, following the departures of The Project hosts Carrie Bickmore (center), Lisa Wilkinson and Peter Helliar (left)