The media world saw its own dramas. In Australia, controversial radio broadcaster Kyle Sandilands described the experience as “traumatic” as he entered court for his first hearing against ARN, the owners of radio station KIIS, over the termination of his reported $100 million contract. Sandilands asked the waiting media to “wish him luck.”
In Costa Rica, veteran journalist Djenane Villanueva — a CNN correspondent since 1998 — revealed she learned of her firing from Repretel, where she had worked for 23 years, through the press rather than from the company itself. Repretel characterized the move as part of a newsroom “makeover,” also announcing the hiring of Francesca Paniagua and the reassignment of anchor Melissa Durán to the midday and evening editions.