Stefanovic fielding offers while Nine sharpens the axe — the talent eats first

Sky News Australia · Saturday 2 May 2026

Stefanovic fielding offers while Nine sharpens the axe — the talent eats first

Karl Stefanovic is being courted by a rival as his podcast numbers climb and Nine signals fresh job cuts across the network.

Stefanovic's podcast booms while Nine swings the axe at the people who actually make the news. The talent gets the offers, the producers get the redundancy letter, and somewhere a consultant's calling it 'rightsizing'. Television's not dying — it's just feeding itself, organ by organ, to the bloke at the desk.

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