Another Channel Seven executive is parting ways with the network.
Melbourne 7News director Shaun Menegola announced his resignation on Friday in a letter to employees.
‘The quickest of notes to let you know I have decided to call an end to my time here at news in Melbourne,’ he revealed.
‘It’s entirely my decision and one I’ve been thinking about for a long time.’
Menegeola said the decision was to simply spend more time with family.
Melbourne 7News director Shaun Menegola (pictured) announced his resignation on Friday in a letter to employees
‘It’s not one driven by anything else other than the fact that I’m looking to take a break to recharge and reboot — and to spend time in my home state of WA with family,’ he wrote.
‘I couldn’t be prouder of what this team has achieved over the last five or so years and of the bulletins we turn out every night. It’s been a highlight of almost three decades running news bulletins and newsrooms.’
He added that he will remain at Seven ‘for some weeks or months’ with a replacement yet to be revealed.
‘The quickest of notes to let you know I have decided to call an end to my time here at news in Melbourne,’ he revealed
Menegola joined the Melbourne newsroom in January 2019 replacing former Herald Sun editor Simon Pristel after five years at Channel Nine in Perth.
Prior to that he worked as Director of News for Seven in Perth for over a decade.
It comes after Channel Seven’s head of news Craig McPherson left the network last Monday.
Seven confirmed that Mr McPherson – partner to Dancing With The Stars host Sonia Kruger – had suddenly left his position as network director of news and public affairs after nine years in the job.
He will be replaced by Anthony De Ceglie, who currently works as editor-in-chief for News Corp mastheads in Western Australia.
Menegeola revealed the decision was to simply spend more time with family
It comes after Channel Seven’s head of news Craig McPherson (pictured) left the network last Monday
‘Mr McPherson played a pivotal role in leading Seven’s news and public affairs offering over two stints at Seven, including a long period of success helming Today Tonight,’ a Seven media statement said.
‘He has overseen many consecutive years of audience leadership for Sunrise and The Morning Show.’
Mr McPherson said in the statement that he had been considering whether to move on for a while, but ultimately decided that ‘now is a good time for all to have a fresh start’.
He was the fourth executive to leave the network in April following the scandal over Spotlight’s lucrative deal with Lehrmann, who was found by the Federal Court to have raped Brittany Higgins on a civil scale.
