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Nine Entertainment Co: Leadership Change
Matt James is returning from London to re-join Nine Entertainment Co, indicating a senior leadership repatriation
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.4 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-6.4pts) on signal share.
Nine Entertainment Co: 4 signals in the last 90 days; 0.4% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 5 tracked across 91 days.
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