The bloodbath at Channel Seven continues, with the station’s best-known faces reportedly taking “significant pay cuts” to keep their jobs, while others are on the brink

The bloodbath on Channel Seven is far from over.

More familiar faces are on the hit list, with some of the network’s biggest stars facing pay cuts to keep their jobs, a new report reveals.

Respected news anchor Mark Ferguson is in danger and “begins six weeks of compulsory leave this week”The Daily Telegraph was reported on Sunday.

It is assumed that the broadcaster will consider a replacement for his position after his contract expires.

Possible successors to Ferguson’s seat include Michael Usher, Angela Cox and Angie Asimus.

David Koch, who is still under contract with Seven after leaving Sunrise, is reportedly unlikely to have his contract extended.

Sonia Kruger will likely survive, “but will definitely have to expect a salary loss of $1.3 million,” a source told the newspaper.

Dr. Chris Brown is also safe, but may face pay cuts on his reported $2 million contract.

The future of Matt Doran, the presenter of Weekend Sunrise, is under a “question mark”, according to a report in the newspaper, but a decision is uncertain.

However, Samantha Armytage is safe and will soon extend her contract as presenter of “Farmer Seeks Wife”.

Sunrise star Mark Baretta’s contract runs until 2025, but the newspaper claims he will “likely take a pay cut” to keep his role.

Veteran journalist Ann Sanders could leave the station, but plans to do so “on her own terms,” the newspaper claims.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Seven for comment.

This comes as another experienced Seven News employee leaves the broadcaster amid a massive wave of staff changes and layoffs.

After nearly 18 years with the station, Adelaide reporter Andrea Nicolas will leave television for politics in the coming weeks and take up the position of senior media adviser to South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mulligan.

She will replace Jennifer Salter, who also previously worked as a television reporter.

Salter’s husband, Chris Salter, was Ms Nicolas’ former boss in Seven’s Adelaide newsroom but has since relocated to Melbourne, where his wife will join him once Ms Nicolas starts her new job, the Adelaide Advertiser reported.

“Andrea leaves with our full support and gratitude for her outstanding contribution to Seven News Adelaide over almost two decades,” said Mark Mooney, News Director of Seven News Adelaide.

“This is a fantastic opportunity and we wish her every success. We will try not to make it too difficult for her!”

Nicolas studied journalism at the University of South Australia before working as a freelance reporter for Seven in the UK.

She also worked for ABC and BBC before joining Seven’s Adelaide news team in 2007.

Nicolas said she was excited to “join a talented team” in her new role.

“It’s been an incredible 18 years at Seven, with breaks, working with some of the best in the industry and having many great experiences, but I’m looking forward to a new challenge and the next chapter,” she said.

The news came just days after the sacking of Queensland news anchor Sharyn Ghidella.

Ghidella, who had been the face of Seven News in the Sunshine State since 2007, confirmed her firing in a fiery Facebook post last Friday.

She said she finally got a “pat on the back” at the salon and admitted it was something of a “relief” after stressful weeks of layoffs in the media industry.

But she was determined not to go quietly as she attacked the struggling broadcaster for favoring gimmicks like astrology readings over retaining experienced talent.

“When you work in television as long as I have, not a day goes by when you don’t expect the proverbial pat on the back… After 38 years, I finally patted him on the back,” Ghidella began.

“I wasn’t quite expecting the ending at Channel Seven.

“I was at the hairdresser’s for work when I got the call telling me that my time at the station was up after 17 years.”

Ghidella then said her last time at the station had been “miserable” and she was glad to be leaving.

“Although we are a little sad about this decision, we also feel a certain sense of relief. As has been widely reported, the last few weeks on television have unfortunately been a miserable affair,” she wrote.

“A long list of talented, loyal and dedicated employees were shown the door. It seemed like a never-ending process of slowly peeling off the band-aid to get rid of what was seen as excess inventory.

“These people are some of the best content creators in the industry. They are good people and it was heartbreaking to witness this.”

Weatherman Paul Burt, who had provided weather reports for the Gold Coast and Brisbane news broadcasts since 2013, was also dismissed.

Meanwhile, well-known international reporter Hugh Whitfeld will return to Australia as Seven transitions its news production to a national newsroom.

New news and current affairs director Anthony De Ceglie announced in an internal memo last week that he had named Whitfeld, 39, as director of the new department.

“Seven News’ national news service will be home to a central team of journalists whose job as expert editors will be to deliver exclusive content that goes beyond anything you see on television,” said the email, seen by the Daily Telegraph.

The panels cover everything from business and aviation to real estate and Asia.’

The offices in Canberra and abroad will also be under the control of the new national contact point.

Whitfeld has spent the past decade working as a foreign correspondent across Europe, covering several major issues, including the war in Ukraine and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

In his new role, he will be based at Seven’s headquarters in Eveleigh in Sydney’s inner south.

Ashlee Mullany will be Seven’s only Europe-based correspondent and will report to the National News Desk alongside US correspondents Tim Lester, David Woiwod and Mylee Hogan.

De Ceglie has also promoted Sunrise executive producer Sean Power to director of news in Sydney, with Jake Lyle taking over his old role.

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