Channel Seven's staffing 大虐殺 has taken a 新たな展開, days after 報告(する)/憶測s (人命などを)奪う,主張するd 示す Ferguson will be '軸d' as the weeknight newsreader.?

News Corp 以前 報告(する)/憶測d?Seven bosses had 'warmed' to the idea of 取って代わるing Ferguson, 58, with the 網状組織's 週末 team, Michael 勧める and Angela Cox.

However, a Seven insider has since told Daily Mail Australia this is not the 事例/患者.

Instead, the source has been reliably 知らせるd Seven bosses are 始める,決める to axe 勧める, leaving Cox to 現在の the Friday and Saturday night 公式発表s 単独の.

(n)役員/(a)執行力のあるs hope to 'save money and 上げる the gender balance' with Cox as a one-woman show on 週末s.

Seven is set to axe Michael Usher, leaving Angela Cox to present the Friday and Saturday night news bulletins on her own, a source has claimed (Usher and Cox pictured above)

Seven is 始める,決める to axe Michael 勧める, leaving Angela Cox to 現在の the Friday and Saturday night news 公式発表s on her own, a source has (人命などを)奪う,主張するd (U sher and Cox pictured above)

'Beloved' Mark Ferguson (pictured) remains safe in his current role, the source added

'Beloved' 示す Ferguson (pictured) remains 安全な in his 現在の 役割, the source 追加するd

The insider also believes that, unlike 事前の 報告(する)/憶測s, Ferguson remains 安全な in his 役割.

'示す [Ferguson] is the ultimate professional and loved in the newsroom,' the Seven source said.

'It would be ratings 自殺 to 取って代わる 示す now, and it would be 勇敢に立ち向かう for a new news boss - who has no television experience - to 取って代わる the 6pm reader as his first move,' they 追加するd.

Seven 否定するd the (人命などを)奪う,主張するs when approached by Daily Mail Australia.??

The rumoured nightly news shake-up comes as the 大虐殺 continues at Channel Seven in the wake of the?Bruce Lehrmann?sex-and-麻薬s 主張s that 攻撃する,衝突する the 網状組織's 旗艦 現在の 事件/事情/状勢s show スポットライト.

Seven 確認するd last month that then-news director Craig McPherson - partner to Dancing with the 星/主役にするs host?Sonia Kruger?- had suddenly left his position as 網状組織?director of news and public 事件/事情/状勢s after nine years in the 職業.

He will be 取って代わるd by Anthony De Ceglie, who 現在/一般に 作品 as editor-in-長,指導者 for News Corp mastheads in Western Australia.?

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. (Lehrman is pictured on Spotlight last year)

The rumoured nightly news shakeup comes as the 大虐殺 continues at Channel Seven in the wake of the Bruce Lehrmann sex-and-麻薬s 主張s that 攻撃する,衝突する the 網状組織's 旗艦 現在の 事件/事情/状勢s show, スポットライト. (Lehrman is pictured on スポットライト last year)

McPherson is the fourth (n)役員/(a)執行力のある to leave the 網状組織 in April follow ing the スキャンダル over スポットライト's lucrative を取り引きする Lehrmann, who was 設立する by the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 to have 強姦d?Brittany Higgins?on a civil 規模.

スポットライト 安全な・保証するd two 排除的 interviews with Lehrmann last year in 交流 for a year's 賃貸しの of a 高級な 部隊, 価値(がある) about $105,000, ahead of his defamation 事例/患者 against 網状組織 Ten and Lisa Wilkinson in the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所.

In the month of April alone, the 網状組織 lost McPherson,?managing director James Warburton, 商業の director Bruce McWilliam, and スポットライト (n)役員/(a)執行力のある 生産者 示す Llewellyn.

Seven also became the 支配する of a defamation 事例/患者 when?Benjamin Cohen was wrongly 指名するd on Sunrise as the Bondi Junction 殺し屋.

The 網状組織?settled the 事例/患者 out-of-法廷,裁判所 in April for an 公表されていない sum.

In a マスコミ 解放(する) last month, Seven West マスコミ?managing director and 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある officer Jeff Howard spoke 高度に of De Ceglie.

Seven confirmed last month that then-news director Craig McPherson (pictured) - partner to Dancing With The Stars host Sonia Kruger - had suddenly left his position as network director of news and public affairs after nine years in the job

Seven 確認するd last month that then-news director Craig McPherson (pictured) - partner to Dancing With The 星/主役にするs host Sonia Kruger - had suddenly left his position as 網状組織 director of news and public 事件/事情/状勢s after nine years in the 職業

'Anthony brings a 説得力のある 見通し to the Director of News and 現在の 事件/事情/状勢s and Editor-in-長,指導者 of Seven West マスコミ 役割,' Howard said.

'His 絶対の 焦点(を合わせる) on news 集会 and storytelling will underpin his approach, while his knowledge of 数字表示式の and his innovative mindset will be just what SWM needs as we continue to build a better マスコミ 商売/仕事.'

Of McPherson, he said: 'Craig has been one of Australia's pre-著名な news leaders and we wish him all the best for the 未来.'

McPherson said he will take a break to spend time with his family.

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