a ‘hatchet-man’ from australian telly is the new boss at tv3/tv4…
“..The tough-talking Australian hired to run TV3 and C4 says he is committed to local content from MediaWorks’ TV operations.
Ian Audsley - who stepped down as chief operating officer of Australia’s Nine Network in April last year - said he was not taking on a 12-month contract with his sights set on cuts.
The 48-year-old Australian television executive, who runs his own consultancies, says he has no pre-determined view on the future of Sunrise - TV3’s money-losing breakfast show.
Under an unorthodox arrangement after the exit of group chief executive Brent Impey, Audsley and MediaWorks radio boss Sussan Turner will report to the MediaWorks board, which reports to owners at Ironbridge Capital.
There is pressure for MediaWorks to deliver profits in an advertising slump while meeting large debt burdens from Ironbridge’s purchase of the company at the height of the acquisitions boom in 2006.
There has been speculation of further cost- cutting at TV3, especially since the resignation of Impey, effective on December 31.
Comment from Australian media linked Audsley with tough-talking former Nine Network chief executive Sam Chisholm, who hired him at Nine.
One comment described Audsley’s role as chief operating officer at Nine as Chisholm’s “hatchet man”..”
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