{"id":10750,"date":"2025-07-21T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10750\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:34:11","slug":"shake-up-continues-at-channel-seven-as-the-network-makes-a-major-move-with-even-more-staffing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10750\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake-up continues at Channel Seven as the network makes a MAJOR move with even more staffing changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being rocked with staff walkouts as top talent flees to rival networks, Seven appears to be readying for another shake-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two reporters from regional channels have been relocated to a major metro centre, fuelling speculation that Seven are readying to launch a fresh news program.<\/p>\n

Sheri Smith, who has been with the network as a journalist since last year, has taken up a spot in Melbourne<\/a>, alongside Seven News reporter Phoebe Worthley.<\/p>\n

Smith makes the move after a recent stint in Toowoomba.<\/p>\n

The young journo also got five months experience at Seven’s Brisbane<\/a>\u00a0station.<\/p>\n

From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail’s new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Two reporters from regional channels have been relocated, fuelling speculation that Seven are readying to launch a fresh news program. Pictured:\u00a0Sheri Smith, who has been working in Toowoomba is now in Melbourne<\/p>\n

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Also relocated to Melbourne is Phoebe Worthley (pictured)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Worthley comes to her new gig after working for Seven for the last two years in Albury.<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019m happy to share that I\u2019m starting a new position as a News Reporter at Seven Network in Melbourne!’ she shared to LinkedIn on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Worthley has also held reporter roles in Canberra and at Nine in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Industry blog TV Tonight <\/a>reported on Monday that the relocation of Worthley and Smith has led to speculation that Seven Melbourne is readying a new bulletin for the afternoon slot.<\/p>\n

It comes after Seven suffered the loss of three top reporters last month.<\/p>\n

Award-winning former foreign correspondent Amelia Brace, 7News Sydney reporter Bill Hogan and Spotlight producer-reporter Denham Hitchcock all resigned in early June.<\/p>\n

All three joined 10 as part of the team behind 10 News+, which has been a ratings disappointment since it debuted in The Project’s old slot on June 30.<\/p>\n

Hitchcock, who was announced as the face of the show alongside Amelia Brace in June, responded to two followers who left brutal comments on his Instagram page criticising the new show.<\/p>\n

\"Industry <\/p>\n

Industry blog TV Tonight reported on Monday that the relocation of Worthley and Smith has led to speculation that Seven Melbourne is readying a new bulletin for the afternoon slot<\/p>\n

One social media user accused the presenter of sharing ‘fake news’ on the show.<\/p>\n

However, the 48-year-old didn’t hold back, asking: ‘Which stories have you seen on this program that have been fake?’<\/p>\n

Another troll slammed Denham for his vaccine stance, writing: ‘How are we supposed to believe you @denhamhitchcock?<\/p>\n

‘You were vaccine injured and decided to take a payout over the truth! At a time when millions of people needed popular voices to tell the truth \u2026 you tried \u2026 then took off on your yacht,’ the person wrote.<\/p>\n

Denham, who was hospitalised in 2021 after experiencing a rare side effect called pericarditis following his initial two Pfizer jabs, took aim at the accusation in a fiery response.<\/p>\n

‘What payout you tool? I quit my job and went sailing to spend time with my family,’ he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He went on: ‘I am still looking into all this \u2013 I just don’t believe everything I read like you do. It takes time to prove this stuff. Not just rant. Grow up.’<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, it was reported that 10 News+ had been savaged in the ratings following its premiere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The current affairs program, slotted in to replace The Project after it was sensationally axed following 16 years on air<\/a>, was watched by a paltry 291,000 people, according to ratings released by OzTAM.<\/p>\n

Channel Nine and Channel Seven dominated the time slot, with 7News attracting 1.5 million viewers, and 9News following closely with 1.45 million viewers.<\/p>\n

10News+’s figures only got worse, dropping to 244,000 by the following Tuesday and sliding further still to 205,000 by midweek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After being rocked with staff walkouts as top talent flees to rival networks, Seven appears to be readying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,651,12769,100,134,670,427,2017],"class_list":["post-10750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brisbane","tag-channel-seven","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-sydney","tag-tv","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}