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Mike Munro Quits Channel Nine: "I'm Not Leaving Because Things Have Turned To Shit... But The Last Five Years Have Been Pretty Shit."
Posted by Jess McGuire at 10:06 AM on July 29, 2008
Oh noes! One of Channel Nine's biggest names, news and current affairs guru Mike Munro, has boned himself! The handsome devil, who has appeared on 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, This Is Your Life, and Missing Persons Unit amongst other programs, informed CEO David Gyngell of his intentions yesterday afternoon.
Munro exclusively told The Daily Telegraph that he was taking early retirement after seeing out five tumultuous years at the former number one network.
"I'm feeling pretty good right now," said the now weekend newsreader and host of This Is Your Life and Missing Persons Unit.
"I leave the place on a day to day level, but that's tempered by the fact I love Channel 9 as much as David Gyngell does. It has been been a really hard slog for the past five years, but the network is now in a fantastic position and morale is up."
Morale is up, post-Sunday/Nightline axing and talk of adopting the beleaguered Big Brother program? For shame, Mike. Don't be telling us fibs.
Comments
Bernie
Posted July 29, 2008 12:17 PM
Yeah Mike, I'd be bailing out too. Nine is going the wrong way about improving its ratings. Good luck with whatever you do