{"id":36759,"date":"2022-12-20T03:07:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T03:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/ctv-news-head-michael-melling-reassigned-after-lisa-laflamme-fallout-national\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T03:07:07","slug":"ctv-news-head-michael-melling-reassigned-after-lisa-laflamme-fallout-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/ctv-news-head-michael-melling-reassigned-after-lisa-laflamme-fallout-national\/","title":{"rendered":"CTV News head Michael Melling reassigned after Lisa LaFlamme fallout &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted December 19, 2022 5:04 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"c-byline__dateToggle toggle-switch u-hide-tablet-portrait\" aria-label=\"Toggle last modified date of the article\" data-expand=\"#bylineDateUpdated\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-off\" class=\"toggle-off\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon c-byline__dateToggleIcon--up\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=n40b9vvbt#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-on\" class=\"toggle-on c-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use 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become embroiled within the fallout of the departure of high anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/lisa-laflamme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa LaFlamme<\/a>, is now being changed in his function.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Several months after Melling took a go away of absence from the information division, a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bell-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bell Media<\/a> assertion confirms his job shall be completely crammed by Richard Gray, who has been serving as interim vice-president of reports.<\/p>\n<p>The firm says Melling has been reassigned to vp of shared companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9247432\/lisa-laflamme-order-of-canada\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Journalist Lisa LaFlamme among luminaries to be invested into Order of Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJournalist Lisa LaFlamme amongst luminaries to be invested into Order of Canada\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9247432\/lisa-laflamme-order-of-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lisa-laflamme.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Journalist Lisa LaFlamme amongst luminaries to be invested into Order of Canada<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The resolution follows an unbiased third-party evaluate of the CTV nationwide newsroom that was sparked after the ousting of LaFlamme as anchor of the flagship newscast.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure, introduced in a video she posted on social media in August, rattled the newsroom and raised considerations over the office tradition on the firm.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile 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