Fed: Ray Martin could leave Channel Nine: reports

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2007
Fed: Ray Martin could leave Channel Nine: reports

RAY MARTIN could follow his boss GARRY LINNELL and leave Channel Nine .. according
to media reports.

The 62-year-old news and current affairs veteran's told News Limited newspapers he's
quitting television after almost 30 years with the network.

MARTIN says it's been a wonderful run and he's enjoyed it very much .. but it's simply
time to bow out.

However .. The Australian newspaper quotes unnamed sources at the network as saying

MARTIN'S frustrated by the perceived lack of leadership at Nine.







If he were to leave .. he'd follow former news and current affairs bosses PETER MEAKIN
.. MARK LLEWELLYN .. LINNELL, Sunday executive producer JOHN LYONS .. network chief executives
DAVID LECKIE .. SAM CHISHOLM and DAVID GYNGELL .. as well as onscreen identities such
as JAMIE DURIE and JANA WENDT.

All have left during the reign of former Sydney Morning Herald editor JOHN ALEXANDER
at Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.

PBL recently sold down its stake in Nine Network from full ownership to 25 per cent
.. leaving it under the control of private equity group CVC Asia Pacific.

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