EXCLUSIVE Major drama unfolds at Channel Nine as newsreader is seen bursting into tears - shortly after TV network's new boss arrived in town Veteran TV presenter seen in tears leaving meeting with news chief Channel 9 Perth on eggshells as new national news boss arrives Know any more? Please email: candace.sutton@mailonline.com By Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:29, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 06:48, 13 August 2024 e-mail 15 shares View comments A veteran Channel Nine TV presenter was seen bursting into tears after meeting with her boss, as tensions run high at the network which is preparing to axe 38 staff from its news division.
Monika Kos - the much-loved Perth presenter who has worked at Seven, then Channel Ten and now Nine since 1990 - was seen crying after meeting with Nine News Perth's news director Gareth Parker on Tuesday. The meeting coincided with a flying visit to the state by Fiona Dear, Nine's newly appointed national director of news and current affairs. It sparked fears from observers that Kos's scalp could be the first in a wave of redundancies.
Although Nine has denied Dear was at Kos's meeting, staff are understood to be 'walking on eggshells' with Ms Dear's arrival and the foreshadowed job cuts at the network. Monika Kos was seen leaving a meeting with the news boss at Channel Nine Perth in tears, sparking fears the much-loved veteran newsreader was the first scalp in upcoming redundancies at the network Monika Kos and 6pm news reader,.