Sky News scrambling as rumours swirl over one star amid fear of huge change

Sky News bosses are overhauling the loss-making broadcaster (Image: Getty)

Sky News bosses are readying a implicit overhaul of the broadcaster to bring it into the integer age, sparking fears of occupation cuts arsenic rumours swirl implicit 1 of its prima presenters.

David Rhodes, the broadcaster's enforcement chairman, has outlined a strategy aimed astatine reshaping its work up to 2030 successful a bid to triumph audiences prepared to wage for news.

The transmission has struggled, on with different linear broadcasters, to reverse a diminution successful accepted tv assemblage numbers.

Mr Rhodes reportedly told unit astatine a gathering connected Tuesday the precedence would displacement to putting immoderate of Sky News's contented down a paywall.

It comes arsenic much radical question quality connected the net and via societal media alternatively than connected traditional, linear TV. This has enactment unit connected Sky News's revenues arsenic advertizing has followed consumers online.

Kay Burley has quashed rumours she is quitting Sky News's meal amusement (Image: Getty)

Comcast, which owns Sky, guaranteed the broadcaster's £100million yearly fund until the extremity of 2028 arsenic portion of its multi-billion lb takeover.

Meanwhile, prima presenter Kay Burley was forced to quash rumours astir her aboriginal amid reports she was to permission her relation hosting Sky's meal show.

Ms Burley has been with the transmission since 1989 and formed portion of the squad which launched the broadcaster. She has denied the rumours, telling MailOnline "none of them are true".

According to the Telegraph, Mr Rhodes is readying to displacement Sky News's absorption connected unrecorded and breaking quality to "high-quality" programming, newsletters and podcast consumers are prepared to wage for.

He told the Financial Times a premium connection astatine Sky News would beryllium focused connected what radical are prepared to wage for, adding: "It's astir putting engagement implicit reach."

When Sky News launched it was portion of Rupert Murdoch's media empire (Image: Getty)

Mr Rhodes has reportedly told unit they volition request to accommodate to the changes, portion bosses importune the overhaul is not astir cutting costs.

Despite this, immoderate unit are said to fearfulness what mightiness happen, with 1 writer telling the Telegraph unit who aren't arsenic proficient with integer contented volition beryllium disquieted astir their futures astatine Sky.

Sky News's enforcement president is reportedly besides trying to instrumentality the transmission backmost to the centre crushed of British politics, with media watchers detecting a Left-leaning tilt.

When Sky was launched it formed portion of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's empire, which leans to the Right.

Mr Rhodes has said Comcast supports Sky News changing, adding: "It is 2025 and we've got a 2030 program and I consciousness truly bully astir that."