It’s been a fraught time for those at the top of our notable companies, and last night it was announced that Seven West Media boss James Warburton will leave the organisation today, 2 months ahead of his planned departure. He’d helped steer broadcaster Seven/publisher of the West Australian through a difficult period after joining the company controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes in mid-2019. But Warburton saw his fair share of scandals too… Links with disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith and former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann have been a problem – and pundits say it’s this week’s legal ruling that, on the balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins that has seen him off early. Oh, and Seven also named the wrong person as the attacker at Bondi Junction… The company’s chief financial officer Jeff Howard has already been named as Warburton’s replacement.