SEN new line-up / RSN / ABC

[Remi Moses]

Re: SEN new line-up

The biggest question is will Craig pay his staff?

[GVGjr]

Re: SEN new line-up

There is no doubt now that Hutchinson is an influential person in Australian sports particularly AFL.

He must be very confident he can grown revenue and increase ratings in a very competitive industry.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges he could face would be if he could make the hard call on his mates at SEN.

[azabob]

Re: SEN new line-up

The biggest question is will Craig pay his staff?

Inference on him or the old management?

[Twodogs]

Re: SEN new line-up

Inference on him or the old management?

Croc media were underpaying some of their junior staff. They had an adverse finding against them by the Fair Work Commission and had to repay the wages they had underpaid,

[azabob]

Re: SEN new line-up

Thanks TD.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: SEN new line-up

Croc media were underpaying some of their junior staff. They had an adverse finding against them by the Fair Work Commission and had to repay the wages they had underpaid,

Some weren’t paid at all. Treated as interns, I believe

[Twodogs]

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Some weren’t paid at all. Treated as interns, I believe

Yep, interns was the exact term Crocmedia used I think.

[Bornadog]

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Yep, slaves was the exact term Crocmedia used I think.

Corrected for accuracy.

[Twodogs]

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Corrected for accuracy.

Bloody autocorrect...

[Ozza]

Re: SEN new line-up for 2016/17

Really enjoy and respect Gerard Whateley. He is articulate, intelligent and knowledgeable. Can't really see how he fits into the SEN culture Spewing that he's left the ABC!

I think that getting Whateley across is a clear indication that they are trying to raise the standard of content on SEN. They are seemingly looking to bring across some of the ABC audience, and their competitors like 3AW.

[Sedat]

Re: SEN new line-up

Whateley is a good get on paper but I'm not sure how he will go covering 3hrs every single day without having to dumb down his persona to fill the time. He has this air of smugness and superiority that will simply not wash in the commercial world and with a commercial audience.

On the wider picture, SEN cannot continue to rate 2's and 3's and survive. Their formula simply hasn't worked thus far and significant changes are needed to raise the audience numbers consistently. All they've done recently is shuffle the deck chairs without making any meaningful changes.

[Bulldog4life]

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Cousin told me Slobbo has been sacked

[Bulldog4life]

Re: SEN new line-up

Cousin told me Slobbo has been sacked

Apparently Ox just tweeted it.

[Twodogs]

Re: SEN new line-up

Whateley is a good get on paper but I'm not sure how he will go covering 3hrs every single day without having to dumb down his persona to fill the time. He has this air of smugness and superiority that will simply not wash in the commercial world and with a commercial audience.

On the wider picture, SEN cannot continue to rate 2's and 3's and survive. Their formula simply hasn't worked thus far and significant changes are needed to raise the audience numbers consistently. All they've done recently is shuffle the deck chairs without making any meaningful changes.

Francis Leach has the same air of smugness and gets away with it. But I agree he will have to adapt his persona to fit in at SEN.

Cousin told me Slobbo has been sacked

Nice. Not really sure what his role was. Know it All Smartarse was the best I could come up with. I'm not surprised they decided to do without one of those. Moving forward.

[Sedat]

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Cousin told me Slobbo has been sacked

Not a massive surprise - not much love lost between Hutchy and Slobbo. He has been regularly treated as comic relief by Hutchy and Pickers on Saturday mornings.