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Baron Silas Greenback

Weldon did not get fired apparently, he has been on stress leave for a bit and has clearly decided that trying to implement the boards direction to get the ego's under control at TV3 was to much. So he just said 'fuck it'.
I don't blame him when you see the way he has been vilified. The Social media lynch mob has been running around with pitch forks and pictures of him for months

Hooroo

The CGW sports only ship sailed long long ago. They have more than half their representation doing political peices/quips/opinions now. It's absolutely awful. Funnily enough, the seemingly most opinionated on the show (Mark Richardson) does the least of it if any at all.

jegga

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She actually looked really hot early in her career before she decided she wasn't into dick anymore..... Her decline is fucken startling...... 
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That's down to two things , alcohol judging by the fact pretty much every time I see her interviewed she's going on about drink she got the night before and the fact she was never that hot to start with. Apparently they use some technique to stretch the footage in her early video to make her look taller and slimmer. When she went to states they told her they'd turn into the next Jewel and put her on a diet . She got pissed off and came home and ranted in interviews about how stupid Americans are which is bound to come back and haunt her if she tries to make it big there in this social media age . 
Also even if you put her in a rocket and fired her into the centre of the sun she would struggle to be as hot as Jewel. If her interview on prime rocks is anything to go by Sammy C is bang on.

MN5

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That's down to two things , alcohol judging by the fact pretty much every time I see her interviewed she's going on about drink she got the night before and the fact she was never that hot to start with. Apparently they use some technique to stretch the footage in her early video to make her look taller and slimmer. When she went to states they told her they'd turn into the next Jewel and put her on a diet . She got pissed off and came home and ranted in interviews about how stupid Americans are which is bound to come back and haunt her if she tries to make it big there in this social media age . 
Also even if you put her in a rocket and fired her into the centre of the sun she would struggle to be as hot as Jewel. If her interview on prime rocks is anything to go by Sammy C is bang on.
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Mentioning Jewel ?
 
ok you win, I have nothing but you can't deny Anika looked rather decent in that vid.

Smudge

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The CGW sports only ship sailed long long ago. They have more than half their representation doing political peices/quips/opinions now. It's absolutely awful. Funnily enough, the seemingly most opinionated on the show (Mark Richardson) does the least of it if any at all.
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I still haven't watched since Holt's Labour-Green puffpiece last October. And I'm probably the least political person you would meet.

jegga

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I agree with BSG, The Crowd Goes Wild should stick to sports and not try to be opinionated or political on unrelated issues. If Mulligan or Rigor wants to re-tweet that sort of stuff, go for your life, but a nameless person behind a company is pretty pathetic. Even if I agreed with what they were saying, it is unprofessional and my respect for them drops. 
Do they care? Probably not, but they aren't helping their own ratings when they alienate viewers with their political bias.</blockquote>
 
I thought CGWs rating meant it only borderline viable as it was ? I doubt they want to lose more viewership with their moronic political options .

jegga

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Mentioning Jewel ? 
ok you win, I have nothing but you can't deny Anika looked rather decent in that vid.</blockquote>
 
Can't view the vid at work , there may have been a brief period in her life where she wasn't a munter but that ship has looooooong since sailed .

MN5

I really liked Rigor when he first left cricket and got into TV but each time I see him he seems more critical and less funny than the last time.

MN5

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Can't view the vid at work , there may have been a brief period in her life where she wasn't a munter but that ship has looooooong since sailed .
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Quite right.....it's a downward spiral of posh spice like proportions......
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://nzmusicawards.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/quick-q-a-with-anika-moa/'>https://nzmusicawards.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/quick-q-a-with-anika-moa/</a>
 
Old photo of her looking mighty fine in the link above but excessive tats, weight gain, short hair, eating minge and boozing clearly have been harsh on her over the years.

Hooroo

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I still haven't watched since Holt's Labour-Green puffpiece last October. And I'm probably the least political person you would meet.
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Years gone by, flicking through channels, I'd be happy to have found it and would watch. Now I just go straight past if I see it is on.

Siam

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Weldon did not get fired apparently, he has been on stress leave for a bit and has clearly decided that trying to implement the boards direction to get the ego's under control at TV3 was to much. So he just said 'fuck it'.
I don't blame him when you see the way he has been vilified. The Social media lynch mob has been running around with pitch forks and pictures of him for months 
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Looking from afar, don't know any of these people, it seems serious questions need to be asked of the Board of Directors.
 
They no doubt had a vision of where they wanted to be, needed to cut costs in a company on the brink of receivership and hired a guy to do that
 
18 months on they've possibly fulfilled their metrics but in the process have lost a huge amount of personnel experience and knowledge and the bloke they appointed to oversee the transformation. Losing anchors and presenters is one thing (pretty replaceable) but the support staff (e.g.. Mark Jennings seemed pretty important to it all) leaving creates big holes in the day to day running of any company.
 
This ain't a great business outcome and from a board point of view it's a very poor state of affairs they've now got.
 
In an age where people readily move around from job to job, creating a culture is pretty important. There are numerous studies showing that people favour job security and a pleasant environment over money.
 
Add to that the whole TV game is about connecting with an audience, regardless of how dumb, ill informed or shrill, they might be and this whole episode from 2014 appears to be a major fail, certainly a strategy that must set back the company a few years now they have to recruit and all the money that goes with that.
 
You better make sure you have a highly profitable product if you sacrifice your intellectual property (the staff) for a better bottom line. Practically every business owner will attest that losing and finding good people is one of the biggest challenges to a business.

Baron Silas Greenback

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Looking from afar, don't know any of these people, it seems serious questions need to be asked of the Board of Directors.
 
They no doubt had a vision of where they wanted to be, needed to cut costs in a company on the brink of receivership and hired a guy to do that
 
18 months on they've possibly fulfilled their metrics but in the process have lost a huge amount of personnel experience and knowledge and the bloke they appointed to oversee the transformation. Losing anchors and presenters is one thing (pretty replaceable) but the support staff (e.g.. Mark Jennings seemed pretty important to it all) leaving creates big holes in the day to day running of any company.
 
This ain't a great business outcome and from a board point of view it's a very poor state of affairs they've now got.
 
In an age where people readily move around from job to job, creating a culture is pretty important. There are numerous studies showing that people favour job security and a pleasant environment over money.
 
Add to that the whole TV game is about connecting with an audience, regardless of how dumb, ill informed or shrill, they might be and this whole episode from 2014 appears to be a major fail, certainly a strategy that must set back the company a few years now they have to recruit and all the money that goes with that.
 
You better make sure you have a highly profitable product if you sacrifice your intellectual property (the staff) for a better bottom line. Practically every business owner will attest that losing and finding good people is one of the biggest challenges to a business.
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yeah.... nah
 
It is just a vocal minority on social media and the MSM that are making a big deal over the changes. Weldon was achieving his metrics, doing what eh was asked to do and getting revenue and viewership up.
I think it is a few high profile people in TV3 that didnt like being told what to do, and thought they were bigger than the station. They are not. The board knew this.. they got someone in to deal with these toxic employees.. he did some of it.. but just got so much shit poured on him that he has passed it on to someone else.
 
Campbell was a ratings and revenue failure. A newsreader doesnt make a jot of difference. And you really think your average viewer gives a shit about Jennings? No. he was made an issue due to social media muppets.
 
Bad news for the remaining toxic element in TV3.. the board will carry on this path. If the staff memebers dont like it? Fuck off and start there own TV station... with their own money at risk. I have never seen such a bunch of whiny entitled CONTRACTORS as those at TV3

Siam

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yeah.... nah
 
It is just a vocal minority on social media and the MSM that are making a big deal over the changes. Weldon was achieving his metrics, doing what eh was asked to do and getting revenue and viewership up.
I think it is a few high profile people in TV3 that didnt like being told what to do, and thought they were bigger than the station. They are not. The board knew this.. they got someone in to deal with these toxic employees.. he did some of it.. but just got so much shit poured on him that he has passed it on to someone else.
 
Campbell was a ratings and revenue failure. A newsreader doesnt make a jot of difference. And you really think your average viewer gives a shit about Jennings? No. he was made an issue due to social media muppets.
 
Bad news for the remaining toxic element in TV3.. the board will carry on this path. If the staff memebers dont like it? Fuck off and start there own TV station... with their own money at risk. I have never seen such a bunch of whiny entitled CONTRACTORS as those at TV3
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Yeah fair enough. You're right there will be KPIs and KRA's that the board will be following and I accept that the current media storm doesn't reflect this.
 
Puzzling that news isn't a priority as it seems to be the platform that most TV stations the world over prioritise. I guess that's part of their vision for the future and time will tell if the lemmings feed at the reality TV trough - shudder.
 
Departures of that many staff and the gung-ho CEO leaving in a whimper is not good strategy or management however you want to trivialise it. No company wants a CEO to come in and only perform for 18 months despite what spin they want to put on it - that's not effective governance.
 
The board are to blame or the "contractors" (are they?) are to blame. I'd say the truth lies in the middle but no way are the Board and the company giving high fives and saying "we're right on track, all's good"

MN5

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/79621989/mediaworks-staff-say-cheers-to-departure-of-exceo-mark-Weldon'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/79621989/mediaworks-staff-say-cheers-to-departure-of-exceo-mark-Weldon</a>
 
Look at that, unloading their own piss from the boot of the car. Such down to earth kiwis, no wonder we relate to them so well.

Hooroo

That's pretty funny though! Rubbish boss gets the tin tack equiv and employees get amongst it!

jegga

Mikes got to be at work in an hour or so, I might have to watch to see if he has one too many.

Mokey

TV 'celebs' in NZ are pretty much ghastly all round.
 
When I was at Uni, my flatmate was a chef on the Xena/Hercules set, so we went to a few cast shindigs. The Americans were fun and friendly. The NZers (especially those also on Shortland Street) were complete fuckwits.
 
Ditto when they are out and about at events like the races etc. Oh boy do they think they are gods. It's quite revolting.
 
I don't know, maybe its cos its suck a tiny world, but the pedestal they place themselves on is ridiculous considering what they actually do. They whore themselves out at every opportunity, then swoon and say ahhh I can't bear the constant attention, I'm going overseas. So they do. And no one pays them any attention whatsoever, so they come home and find another show, desperate to be wanted again.

MN5

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TV 'celebs' in NZ are pretty much ghastly all round.
 
When I was at Uni, my flatmate was a chef on the Xena/Hercules set, so we went to a few cast shindigs. The Americans were fun and friendly. The NZers (especially those also on Shortland Street) were complete fuckwits.
 
Ditto when they are out and about at events like the races etc. Oh boy do they think they are gods. It's quite revolting.
 
I don't know, maybe its cos its suck a tiny world, but the pedestal they place themselves on is ridiculous considering what they actually do. They whore themselves out at every opportunity, then swoon and say ahhh I can't bear the constant attention, I'm going overseas. So they do. And no one pays them any attention whatsoever, so they come home and find another show, desperate to be wanted again.
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Fucken word to this post Mokes, an ex of mine was into theatre productions and such and was in a few ads back in the day and we got invites to parties where a few shithead street "stars" were known to attend. Stuck up cocks doesn't even begin to describe them, the thing that shits me most are the ones who went to Toi Whakare and have this strange "accent" ( the bloke who plays Chris Warner is a great example of this ) hard to describe but you know it if you hear it.....
 
The worst one on earth who I never actually met was apparently Melanie Lynskey who actually somehow made it onto two and a half men and would have no doubt earnt a fair bit in that show ( or maybe they paid her fuck all cos she was a kiwi who could do a passable American accent ? Charlie Sheen would have drained all the funds I think ) . She loved to portray the whole "I'm just a low key country girl from the naki" schtick when in actual fact she was a colossal bitch with numerous famous "demands" when on set including tearing shreds off one of my exes fellow extras for daring to eye up a sandwich ( in a big group of sandwiches ) that the caterers had dropped off cos it was just for her and her friends and not the crew.

jegga

Classic , you two are telling the same sort of stories my sister used to tell . She worked on all those shows and lotr, she did say it was mostly the younger ones though , that guy who does the eqc ads is supposed to be a very cool guy in real life as is Geraldine Brophy .

Baron Silas Greenback

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That's pretty funny though! Rubbish boss gets the tin tack equiv and employees get amongst it!wailongs of
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Rubbish boss? I dont think we are in a position to judge that, especially not just based on the wailings of some contractors. He increased revenue and viewership. I am not buying the narrative around him because the social media lynch mob.

The Silver Fern

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