Many people have spoken up on I weekly
A lot of crap questions like abt WKRZ91.3, U magazine, artist
employment....
Something on ST today
MediaCorp chief meets MediaWorks staff over job worries
WORRIED MediaWorks staff got the chance to air their employment
concerns yesterday morning at the highest level.
MediaCorp chief executive Ernest Wong held a two-hour closed-door
meeting with Channel U and i employees to answer questions relating
to the recently announced media merger.
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Last Friday, media rivals Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and
MediaCorp said they were merging their television and free
newspaper operations. MediaWorks' channels U and i plus MediaCorp's
Channels 5, 8 and TV Mobile will form a new company called
MediaCorp TV Holdings. Channel U will continue to be aired but the
fate of Channel i is still undecided.
Since then, MediaWorks staff, and television news staff who are
employed by SPH, have been left wondering how the merger will
affect them and their careers. So the company invited Mr Wong to
speak to staff.
At least 400 people turned up at the meeting to get answers. Some
had to stand as all seats were filled at the auditorium at SPH's
office in Genting Lane.
SPH CEO Alan Chan, MediaCorp group managing director Shaun Seow and
senior managers from both companies also attended the
meeting.
A manpower committee comprising senior human resource executives
from both sides and chaired by MediaCorp independent board director
Soo Kok Leng will decide which MediaWorks employees and SPH
television news staff should be offered jobs in the new
company.
