On June 17, Friday, seasoned broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez took to Instagram to dismiss the news that she was Manny Villar’s “headhunter” for his TV network, Advanced Media Broadcasting Systems (AMBS).
Previously, Bilyonaryo reported that Sanchez, together with former TV Patrol producer Cheryl Favila, was “actively recruiting staff in the Lopez network with generous offers to jump ship to Villar’s” AMBS that took over ABS-CBN’s former channels 2 and 11.
However, the broadcaster was quick to deny the rumor. In a lengthy post, she wrote that she did not represent the billionaire’s network in searching for its employees.
“Once and For All. No, it is not true.
“There has been no communication whatsoever between myself and anyone officially representing former Senator and tycoon Manny Villar’s supposed new network.
“After the online article came out I was surprised people were applying for jobs to me. I was not aware of the news circulating. My press agent called and said I needed to issue a statement. I said, “Huway? About huwat?”. Anyway, I did a short one. It seems it wasn’t enough. So here, irrefutably:
“1. I’m thrilled to be called a ‘fab hunter.’
“2. I’m a Lara Croft in many ways but I hardly ever ‘raid.’ And, in this case, I haven’t “raided” any workforce to try and pirate people to work for the Villar network or any other network.
“3. If at all, I’ve only called my good friend Cheryl Favila and Maricar Asprec once or twice to ask if either of them knows of anyone without work—- because I have work waiting for my own show Rated Korina airing on both TV5 and A2Z. Cheryl and Maricar are not ‘helping me pirate people.’ [The chair is lucratively freelance as she is.
“4. I have not given any interviews about working with the Villar channel. I’m not sure where the quotes are coming from. But it is true that the heads of all these networks are friends to me, and me to them.
“5. I am a broadcaster and journalist and creative mind at heart. It is what I do best, I think. I produce my own shows now. So, whenever and wherever I am welcome, and there is an opportunity, I will listen and possibly collaborate. I am very happy being in TV5 and A2Z as a line producer via Brightlight.
“So, again, yes I’d like to think I’m a ‘fab hunter.’ But no, I’m not headhunting for the Villar Network.”
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Meanwhile, Sanchez earlier said that she is not closing any doors in case Villar offered her a job in AMBS.
“Well, you know, I’m a free agent. All my doors are open,” said the broadcaster.
She added, “He trusted me. They don’t meddle in anything of my content. They trust me. I deliver. They’re happy with our output. And I’ve been renewed for a year. But I’m really more contracted with an independent content provider and blocktimer. So, if there’s an offer, why not?!”
Currently, Sanchez has a magazine show on TV5 called Rated Korina. It was formerly known as Rated K, but with the Kapamilya Network being shut down, she continued the show with the help of Brightlight Productions.
