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Wasn't it not too long ago that City actually ditched studio presentation and the anchors - and went with a anchorless format and the reporters 'presenting their stories'? (or am I getting confused with other City stations?)

Yes, after the firing/retirement of longtime anchor Gord Martineau in 2016, City started making newscasts (mainly those in the evening) anchorless, partly to cut costs, partly to bring new, younger viewers watching through social media, and partly to "increased trust in the reporters and their journalism" (the formula began to be tested part-time from 2015, however). Other newscasts have retained anchors in a studio presentation, but these are now working under European-style rotations (with no main anchor). That same model (more successful on luring younger viewers on social than on linear) was exported to four other Citytv stations (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal) between 2017 and 2018, but with the added disadvantage of repurposing segments from the Toronto newscast, plus centralized content produced from the Dundas Street newsroom.

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blog.fagstein.com 

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Here's how the main Citytv newscasts look like... it all looks and smells like an improved version of Global News' existing look...

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