{"id":41481,"date":"2020-05-12T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T02:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=41481"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T02:22:51","slug":"a-giant-of-australian-media-has-announced-his-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/a-giant-of-australian-media-has-announced-his-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"A Giant Of Australian Media Has Announced His Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There will be sighs of relief inside the Liberal Party after influential radio broadcaster Alan Jones announced he will retire at the end of the month, says political editor Phil Coorey.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coorey told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Tuesday as news of Jones\u2019 retirement broke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHe is very influential in Coalition circles. There a couple of guys coming up behind him like Ray Hadley who sort of try to emulate Jones but there\u2019s only one Jones. It will be a big thing\u2026 [he is a] big voice in the media<\/p><p><br>\u201cI think there will be a lot of relief inside the Liberal Party because he is quite a bully. He gets involved in the leadership spills and he forces things to happen and he threatens backbench MPs with adverse publicity if they\u2019re not doing his bidding.<br><br>\u201cHe fought in the trenches for Tony Abbott against Malcolm Turnbull\u2026 he\u2019s been as much a political player as anyone in Australian media my entire time. He\u2019s a big figure. He\u2019ll leave a big gap.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Fordham has been announced as Jones\u2019 2GB breakfast show replacement.<br><br><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/play.acast.com\/s\/david-will\/83f4be07-d35a-4550-afb7-ac8df9366201\">https:\/\/play.acast.com\/s\/david-will\/83f4be07-d35a-4550-afb7-ac8df9366201<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be sighs of relief inside the Liberal Party after influential radio broadcaster Alan Jones announced he will retire at the end of the month, says political editor Phil Coorey. Coorey told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Tuesday as news of Jones\u2019 retirement broke: \u201cHe is very influential in Coalition circles. 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