Arnold Gay left Mediaworks

It has been confirmed that Arnold Gay left his former owner SPH Mediaworks. hmm... i am seriously in doubt his relationship with Mediacorp too. Channel I will cease operation very soon. As a senior broadcast journalist cum presenter, he should have the oppt of returning to his home (CNA) I strongly believe that CNA will retain him cos they do not have many experienced male presenters, moreover, Arnold is a popular newscaster, not forgetting he was nominated for the Asian Television Award. Strange enough.

He has gone over to ESPN sports channel presenting sports news. Quite a disappointment. I am not saying that ESPN is lousy, but if u do not have a cable network, would u be able to see him? One may argued that he has international exposure in ESPN, but it applys to CNA too. Other than sportsnatic, who would watch sports news? I mean in CNA or even CNN, pple who wish to watch news should exceed the audience for Sports news. Look, we used to have a sports channel but wind up eventually. Why? The viablity of the channel is at stake. In other words, it is not tat popular. Another reason, those who subscribe to ESPN are soccer fans. Do u think they will catch the sports news?

The only reason that i can find is he might want a change in working environment. Arnold had done lots of current affairs, he might decide to switch to doing sports. He might consider a challenge. He had done stand upper, reporting live, presenting "normal" news etc. Sports might be something different and new. Good try though. It reminds me of another ex CNA presenter who jumped over to Channel I - Michelle Quah. What abt her? Details should be revealed soon.