Nine Entertainment boss Mike Sneesby will step down as the company's CEO and as a director on the Nine Board by the end of September - after tensions boiled over following Nine boss Mike Sneesby carrying the Olympic torch throughout negotiations.
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00:00Tensions boiling over after Nine boss Mike Sneesby carried the Olympic torch throughout negotiations.
00:067 News spoke with Mr Sneesby in Paris.
00:09It's not really the time to have a chat.
00:12Pretty straight forward though, should you have carried the torch yesterday?
00:16Is it inappropriate you're staying in a boutique hotel when you've just sacked staff?
00:19At some stage guys.
00:21What about today, because your staff are going on strike today.
00:23Why don't you just stop and have a chat to us now?
00:26Because I'm meeting my family.
00:28You're a boss of a media business, here for work, or are you here on a holiday with your family?
00:35After 11th hour, offer of initial pay rise of 3.5% increase was rejected overnight.