Eddie says he is going no where

Eddie McGuire was forced to publicly confirm he was still the boss at Channel Nine last night after rumours swept the TV industry that he had quit.

McGuire told staff at the network's Melbourne Christmas party there had been a lot of speculation that he would resign.

"For the record, I'm not," he said.

Earlier, a Nine spokesman branded the rumours as "nonsense".

"We're still celebrating the fact that we won the ratings -- and we're getting on with the business of making television," he said.