DEVIL IN THE BERNAMA'S HOUSE

BETTER to have a devil in the house than a friend.

It seems Bernama friends deserve an unknown from EPF to be their CEO.

Initially Wan Hamidi was slated to run Bernama but according to Bernama sources certain people sabotaged his appointment.

So what do they get?

Instead of getting a friend in Wan Hamidi, they got a stranger in Nuriini in their office. Well, that's what certain quarters in Bernama deserve.

The post, formerly designated as a GM post, on many occasions were treated as an inheritance for Bernama senior executives.

Former Bernama GM was their former Editor-in-chief.

Past Bernama GM performed poorly. One of them was responsible for the loss making Bernama TV while Nurini's predecessor just warm the seat for lucrative pay packet, leaving invisble legacies..

DEMISE OF THE PRINT MEDIA

Despite not getting their November salaries, close to 700 Utusan Malaysia staff have woken up to the reality of being out of job on Dec 1.

The funny thing is the VSS compensation will be paid monthly.

On Dec 1 too, we witnessed the demise of the Malay Mail.

At the same time, Star is looking at VSSing 60 staff and so is TV3. Next year, they say, staff at NST/Berita Harian/Harian Metro will be getting letters offering them VSS.

That's how dire the situation is in the media.

NSTP staff this week saw their iconic building sold off to PNB and they will be sharing office with outsiders.

YES, outsiders will inhibit Balai Berita. It's not longer the exclusive home for journalists.

While the senior executives at Media Prima continue to enjoy hefty pay check, the journalists are staring down the barrel of death, waiting to be ejected out of their office.

 Have the industry hit rock bottom?

There won't bottom out. They will be buried alive and they will be a tombstone like the one we see at the Malay Mail.

Their owners joyfully held up the last copy of the Malay Mail afters 122 year and the guy holding it would never understand the history of  the Malay Mail,

REST IN PEACE dear media friends.