Pedro Piqueras begins his special countdown to his retirement from the world of television. journalist put last publication date news telecinco will present Before passing the baton to Carlos Franganillo, Mediaset will replace him with an explosive signing.
“From today until December 21st, I’m off from Monday to Thursday“said Telecinco’s director of news services in an interview with Luz Sánchez-Mellado for El País, who also revealed that he had wanted to leave for two years.
The communicator also explained why he decided to retire from television during this period: “I realized that my age was starting to weigh on me, like the ground you walk on was changing, I wasn’t as agile with the quick decisions that this job required and so I thought about leaving. I posted this on the network.” I told them. They wanted me to stay. Then came the Ukraine thing, that evil election year, Gaza, the inauguration, and you say to yourself, how are you going to leave? I abstained from responsibility until the appointment was made and a new news chief arrived: now or never.“.
“I’m like a bullfighter at the end of the season: jam. They don’t know whether to fight the left or the right, they trade everything right, but there comes a point when they know they have to stop. Moreover, I have been doing the same thing for 34 years, I go out at 10 at night, I have no social life. I am 68 years old. It’s not all work“, Piqueras comments in this interview.
It is worth remembering that Pedro Piqueras also appeared and talked about in the latest episode of ‘Traveling with Chester’ this week. Carlos FranganilloThe person who will replace him as head of ‘Informativos Telecinco’ and about whom he has only good things to say: “I think it was a good choice, I’m very happy”.
“Franganillo and I are two people with a very similar understanding of journalism. I saw in him the type of person I always wanted to happen to me.”Piqueras shared In fact, he himself attended Franganillo’s signing ceremony, as he confirmed: “He was very comfortable at TVE. I cooperated for him to come and I am satisfied.”
Risto pointed out that the former presenter of ‘Telediario’ came to Mediaset at a “not easy time” for the communications group, referring to the audience crisis it was experiencing: “It is a very difficult period and we are all feeling it.” A situation that Piqueras also mentioned: “I noticed the leak of ‘Pasapalabra’ and suffered from it.”
On the other hand, he admitted that retiring made him “a little angry” as Mediaset started to focus more on the ‘Informativos Telecinco’ label: “This CEO, Alessandro Salem, relies heavily on news. He will build a magnificent set. He brought with him news chief Paco Moreno, who is a friend of mine.” But he is confident about his retirement: “I will be 69 in six months. Creating and consolidating an informative project takes time; I would put myself at 72 at this combine.”
Source: Informacion
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