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NEWSFLASH: Paul Holmes Resigns From TVNZ
NEWSFLASH: Paul Holmes Resigns From TVNZ
TVNZ's highest paid and most controversial anchor, Paul Holmes, has resigned from the state broadcaster.
According to Radio New Zealand Paul Holmes has said he is going to work for Prime Television, the Kerry Packer owned channel which only recently introduced news programming in the form of a low budget 5.30pm service produced out of Australia and hosted by Suzy Aitken.
There have been rumours for some time that TVNZ would not be renewing Mr Holme's contract, believed to be in the region of $700,000 a year.
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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