Sky News Business to move into News Corp HQ as broadcaster announces 2018 plans, including the return of Outsiders
Sky News has revealed its plans for 2018, including integrating the Sky News Business channel into News Corp’s HQ in Holt Street in Sydney and the return of the controversial Outsiders program, sans former Leader of the Opposition Mark Latham.
Angelos Frangopoulos, Australian News Channel CEO said bringing Sky News Business into News Corp “brings new levels of vibrancy” to the Sky News and News Corp Australia businesses.
“When News Corp Australia acquired the Sky News company last year, we began to closely integrate our businesses, our talent and our teams. Bringing Sky News Business into News Corp HQ not only reinforces our continued commitment to quality journalism, it brings new levels of vibrancy to our businesses and many collaborative opportunities in the future,” Frangopoulos said.
Michael Miller, executive chairman of News Corp Australia said the new studio will create a “dynamic business hub” with “high-value business news video content”.
“The move of Sky News Business to Holt Street is an exciting step for our company, with the channel now based at the centre of Australian business journalism,” Miller said.
The programming announcement solidified the return of the controversial Outsiders program, from which Latham was sacked earlier this year.
The sacking came after the outspoken commentator picked several on-air fights, including attacking fellow Sky News contributor Kristina Keneally and broadcaster Wendy Harmer. The issue reached boiling point when footage emerged from a show in which Latham labelled a schoolboy speaking up for feminism as “gay”.
The show subsequently disappeared from Sky’s schedule before returning without Latham in April. In 2018, Outsiders will continue to be hosted by former politician Ross Cameron and Spectator editor and former adman Rowan Dean.
Next year, Sky News will also launch a bureau in Townsville with news reporter Olivia Grace-Curran, while changes to Sky News Weather and Sky News digital platforms are yet to come.
Sky News Business’ lineup includes financial experts Ticky Fullerton, Carson Scott, Ingrid Willinge, James Daggar-Nickson, Helen Dalley, Leanne Jones, Natalie MacDonald and Leo Shanahan.
The channel will kick off the day with Business Breakfast, followed by Trading Day Live, which will run from 9am to 5pm weekdays.
On weekdays at 5pm, Fullerton will run Ticky, her program featuring interviews with corporate executives, economists and thought leaders. The end of the day will see programs around topics such as small business and personal finance.
Meanwhile on Sky News Live, two new political programs will launch and several shifts have been made to anchors across the day.
Sky News Live will also launch political news program Speers, led by political journalist David Speers.
The show will be broadcast live from Canberra from Monday to Thursday at 4pm and will also include a Sunday edition.
Another new addition to the line up is Peta Credlin’s show Credlin. The political analysis show will run weeknights at 6pm.
An extension has been made to Paul Murray Live, which will run five days a week in 2018, from 9pm. Murray will continue to deliver his debate show as well as PML Overtime from 10pm.
Anchor changes include Ashleigh Gillon, who will run Live Now on Monday to Wednesday; Samantha Maiden, anchor of Live Now Thursday to Friday; and Laura Jayes leading NewsDay on Monday to Thursday.
Expansion of Sky News Live’s Canberra programming will see Kristina Keneally lead the lunchtime political program ‘To the point’ from Parliament house.
Janine Perrett will anchor Heads Up, while Brooke Corte and chief political reporter Kieran Gilbert will run First Edition from Monday to Friday next year.
Peter van Onselen will also return as host of the political show Contrarians.
They keep changing everything at Sky News. Seriously, how long will this last before they change things again? And, honestly, besides Credlin, nothing else looks worth watching.
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Lots of different talking heads talking about the same story.david speers is a stand out and laura jayes also .tom connell was real good hosting the morning shift but he is now gone. Kenny reece boring as.
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Sky please don’t bring back Kristina Keneally May be Sam Maiden should do to the point and with david Speers not Kristina Keneally. Also have outsiders female that would do ratings good
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Looks like they are turning off their regular evening viewers on Sky News Business by moving away from the emphasis on equities in a bull market and shifting to property in a down property market!
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Disappointed with the changes to Your money Your call for 2018.
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Very disappointed with removal of Your Money Your Call. The new shows last night had the same recycled content as other shows on Sky business.
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Your money your call– my favouite evening program. Gone. No explanation. Thanks to all the hosts and guests over the yrs. I learnt so much.
Pay TV. Yes I pay and they supply poor TV.
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Changes to sky business channel disappointing been watching for years your money your call and Switzer programs with lots of advice and good content
Be watching more of cnbc and bloomberg
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Disappointed your money your call has been removed.
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Please bring back Your Money Your Call! A great program and one of the main reasons I get pay TV!!
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So so disappointed to see these shows disappear, always tuned in and respected the presenters and their work.
OMG who wants to see Christina Keneally say anything.
Thank goodness they kept Peta
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We are very disappointed with the new format of Sky Buisness channel! The removal of Your money you Call is I hope, temporary. This program has a huge following, providing good advice from informed investment speakers. Also why is Switzer program reduce to one Monday 30 minute slot? Again a big misjudged of another very popular program!
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Bring back your money your call. Retailer investors like myself were empowered by listening to your experts provide their opinions. Have tuned out since you dropped this enlightening show.
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Yes, I’m most disappointed in the changes too! The YMYC programs were well produced and informative.
All I get now is stuff that doesn’t interest me and probably not too many others.
I also note it is not worth watching the Real Estate programs as they are very eastern seaboard bias and never cover the Perth and Western Australian areas. They need to employ some one from the Real Estate industry over in WA to give a true Aust wide property reports.
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Am disappointed to learn that the daily SWITZER programme is no longer. I found the interviews with Equity experts interesting
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After these changes to Business Channel particularly removal of Your Money Your Call am contemplating dropping my subscription to Foxtel.
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Why on Earth have they taken off Your Money Your Call ..?
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Your MONEY YOUR CALL, what a great program, I have learnt so much from the many experts. Loved Peter Switzer with his one hour shows every night with all the special guests he had on relating to finance and the share market. Carson Scott has disappeared, what a loss. I am also thinking of quitting foxtel. Good programs are removed and replaced with boring news programs along with the poor programming of foxtel movies. Please bring back Peter Switzer to run the show along with Your Money Your Call.
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Yes, Your Money Your Call and Switzer were why we watched this channel. It’s bad enough that Labor is doing all it can to make life more difficult for self-funded retirees. We don’t need Foxtel spoiling things.
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Very disappointed with new programming as was an avid watcher of your money your call as I am a self funded retiree and looked forward to watching Swiitzer and YMYC every night for advice from your guests now do not watch at all A’s present programs do not interest me . Hope you bring back YMYC shares and retirement soon if not you have lost another viewer
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Bring back Your Money Your call!
Such a bad decision to axe such a quality show
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How could they cancel YMYC? A big void has opened up. Surely it will affect their ratings! Terrible decision! Hopefully more people will voice their opinion and they will reconsider their decision to cancel it!
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Can someone ask Ingrid Willinge to slow down and stop babbling . I love the morning show but can’t stand to listen to her !!
Am I alone ?
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I’ve been searching for your money your call but like so many others cant find it and am pretty disappointed and damn annoyed abt it. The new show with Julia Lee where they stand up is okayish but so erratic as to when it’s on I cant follow it . Bring back Tony locantro, best guy on ymyc, bring back Ben Clark and even the heff .. c’mon guys, if not for sport foxtel is now garbage
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Cannot believe that Your money your call has disappeared! YMYC Retirement was one of my favourite shows along with Switzer. What are they thinking! First they take away the old classic movies and now the best shows on the business channel! Time to rethink our subscription with Foxtel. Very disappointed….
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I love Ingred shes a smart cookie but some of the others are so boring like James??? Boring! The morning girl she is so boring and doesnt seem to have much going on upstairs
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Agree with Grant, re Ingrid, just arrived back in Aus-“What has happened to Carson Scott ?.
And Hellen Dally interrupts everyone…..always has to have her say and more….rubbish and rude reporter.
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Please bring back Your Money Your Call. You retain crap shows, get rid off the good ones. WTH!
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