Seven undergoes ‘complete overhaul’ of management after ‘bad press’ in recent weeks

The Australian’s Media Writer Sophie Elsworth says Seven Network has had a “complete wipeout” with many senior executives exiting in recent times. “We’ve seen CEO and Managing Director James Warburton exit ... now he did say he was exiting last year,” Ms Elsworth told Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton. “We’ve had the news director Craig McPherson go this week – he obviously came under intense scrutiny with the Bondi murderer bungling of the right man’s name,” she said. “They also had the scandal surrounding Spotlight, an alleged credit card misuse – so the executive producer of Spotlight, Mark Llewellyn is gone, we’ve also seen the commercial director, Bruce McWilliam leave. “And then this week they’ve appointed West Australian’s newspaper boss Anthony De Ceglie to take over for Seven News director Craig McPherson. “Word is that Kerry Stokes has been deeply unhappy with the bad press that Seven Network has been getting … in recent weeks and months and this has resulted in complete overhaul of its management.”