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[ 2013-08-07 ] 
TV3 dismisses anchor Henry Herbert Malm
One of TV3Œs star news anchors Henry Herbert
Malm has been shown the exit.
Sources at the station tell us Mr. Malm was sacked
on Friday over a gpettyh issue he had with one
of the top bosses at the station Mary-Ann Eyram
Acolatse.
He is said to have flouted a directive by Ms.
Acolatse, who is Director, News, Current Affairs,
to have a regular guest on his late night News @
10 programme, thrown in as new co-host.
Mr. Malm our sources say didnft take lightly,
the decision to gsuper-imposeh the supposed
new co-host on both him and the show. His protest
somewhat didnft sit well with his boss, hence
the sack.
According to sources, the decision to outrightly
sack Mr. Malm has caused fear amongst some
sections of the workforce, a fright also informed
by recent resignations of some key on-air
personalities.
The station has lost some key persons in the last
few months. Bright Nana Amfo, who returned to
Adese We after a stint at the Kennedy
Agyapong-owned NET 2 TV, has since taken up a new
role at Multi TV.
Roland Walker, until recently one of the
stationfs most cherished assets, has also left,
and is said to be doing gfineh at one of the
numerous private companies belonging to the group
that also owns Zoomlion.
Station sources tell this website that from the
look of things, a recency effect of the
Malm-Amfo-Walker situation could trigger further
voluntary and pushed-to-go exits, and have also
suggested most are having difficulties with the
management style of the team put in place by new
owners Media General Ghana Limited.
Ms. Acolatse, who was brought back to the station
by the new owners after stints at Metro TV and
Multi TV, station sources say is seeking new
directions to the way news and current affairs
programmes are handled at the outfit, and that
seems to be winning her more genemiesh than
friends .
With a nationwide penetration of a little over 70
per cent, TV3 remains one of the most watched
local channels in Ghana.
The company began transmission on October 1,
1997.
Incorporated under the Companies Code, 1963, (Act
179), as a limited liability company on August 29,
1996, the company received its certificate to
commence business on September 19, 1996.
A Joint Venture Agreement was entered into by the
Government of Ghana, Gama Media Systems, Gama Film
Company and Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad that
same year.
In March 2005, TV3 became a subsidiary of Media
Prima Berhad of Malaysia, when TV3 Malaysia
transferred its shareholding in Gama Film Company
to it.
Media General Ghana Limited acquired and took over
its operations in September 2011.
Source - Citifmonline
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