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'Peace out': Channel Ten stars take to social media
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As Network Ten called in the administrators, some of the network's stars and other television presenters have taken to social media to express their dismay and assure fans the show will go on.
The broadcaster had been forced into voluntary administration on Wednesday after its billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and regional media czar Bruce Gordon said on the weekend they would no longer back a key loan.
With administrators from KordaMentha taking the reins, the company told investors operations would continue on "as much as possible on a business as usual basis".
It was in that spirit that Ten Eyewitness News' Melbourne host Stephen Quartermain told his followers on Twitter:
Marcus Middleton, national online editor Channel Ten News, struck a similar tone, while senior news reporter Hugh Riminton tweeted his followers the sad news.
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