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Kyle & Jackie O’s boss ignites silent fury among his own investors
ARN’s dubious splurge on a rival’s shares has become the talk of the Australian radio industry.
Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di StefanoCiaran Davis spent this week on the phone explaining himself.
The chief executive of ARN Media – owner of the Kiis and Gold radio brands and manager of FM ratings jackpot Kyle and Jackie-O – startled the usually dreary Australian radio market. Davis came to the party with $38 million, buying a 14.8 per cent stake in Southern Cross Austereo, his biggest radio rival and the owner of Triple M and the Hit network.
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