Rui Santos switches SIC to CNN Portugal: “I couldn’t refuse a great project” – News
Rui Santos, journalist and commentator, is leaving SIC to join the CNN Portugal team. “Journalist with a 45-year career dedicated to journalism in the field of sports, Rui Santos is the most influential and pertinent football commentator in Portugal. With experience in press and television, Rui Santos now joins the team of the most ambitious of information of the country, CNN Portugal, “stresses Medica Capital in a statement.
“I come to help make history. I couldn’t refuse a great project, with a brand. CNN Portugal is the biggest Portuguese television project of the next few years. I always said I liked being challenged and I always confessed that I was available for great challenges. Let’s go to them “, saxophone the journalist and commentator.
According to Medica Capital, Rui Santos will “have a transversal intervention in television and digital, with projects ranging from commentary, to chronicles or podcasts”. “It will also have intervention in other media of the Media Capital Group, namely in TVI”, the statement said.
According to Nuno Santos, the channel’s General Director, “we work daily so that CNN Portugal is innovative and interventionist, with rigor and objectivity.” “We are building a team of professionals that will be decisive for the realization and success of this project. In this sense, the hiring of Rui Santos, a commentator known for being an advocate of good football practices, is an asset for our team. We count on your experience to bring everyone the best of sports analysis and commentary”, he stresses.