WE'LL ALL WALK OUT ; ITN staff in revolt over disaster of News at Ten 1 STAR Edition

UNHAPPY ITN staff, who want News At Ten brought back, will desert in droves unless ITV halts the disastrous ratings slump. Just 2.2 million watched ITN newsreader Dermot Murnaghan valiantly present the 15-minute Nightly News - a third of the six million who regularly watched Trevor McDonald fronting...

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Published inDaily mirror (London, England : 1903)
Main Author JUSTIN SMITH and NICOLA METHVEN
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London MGN Ltd 18.11.1999
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McDonald, Trevor
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Summary:UNHAPPY ITN staff, who want News At Ten brought back, will desert in droves unless ITV halts the disastrous ratings slump. Just 2.2 million watched ITN newsreader Dermot Murnaghan valiantly present the 15-minute Nightly News - a third of the six million who regularly watched Trevor McDonald fronting News at Ten until it was axed in March. One senior ITN man, who left shortly after ITV announced the changes, told The Mirror: "I wasn't exactly a rat deserting the sinking ship, but as soon as it became clear which way the wind was blowing I wanted out.