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Periodic Reports - Other, Asset Disposal
- Dec 17, 2024
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This Month
Paramount’s Network Ten snaps up three regional broadcast licences
The seller, Southern Cross Media, has been trying to offload them for several years. It said it was in talks to sell others in Tasmania, Darwin and Broken Hill.
- Zoe Samios
Southern Cross’ poison pill that bidders just can’t swallow
Street Talk can confirm this change-of-control payment is not mythical, but a real clause that comes into play when there’s a 100 per cent bid on the table.
- Updated
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November
Southern Cross hit with first strike, with chairman under pressure
The regional broadcaster’s three biggest shareholders – including its major rival ARN Media – will vote against executive pay despite no bonuses handed out.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Alan Jones’ old media company eyes Southern Cross regional TV assets
Australian Digital Holdings TV, chaired by former ABC board member Maurice Newman, said it would commit to making more local shows.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
August
Is Southern Cross Media the country’s most painful takeover target?
Between a pricey 15-year transmission contract and declining regional TV earnings, Southern Cross Media is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Catalano and Waislitz plot with ARN on Southern Cross takeover
The chairman of Australian Community Media, publisher of The Canberra Times, flew to Sydney for discussions with executives about whether a bid could be revived.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
July
WIN, Southern Cross consider selling TV stations to Network Ten
A relatively small sale of regional broadcast assets could open the door for WIN owner Bruce Gordon to take a larger stake in Nine Entertainment.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Cat Daddy time! How ARN, Southern Cross could resume merger dance
The obvious step is for ARN to approach Catalano and nut out a deal which would effectively see ACM assume Anchorage’s original position.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June
Southern Cross rejects Catalano’s offer to sell his newspapers
The operator of regional television networks and the Hit and Triple M radio brands says it does not want to buy a portfolio of regional publications.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
May
Catalano taps Barrenjoey, ABL to push Southern Cross deal
Media entrepreneur Antony Catalano wants Southern Cross Austereo to buy his and partner Alex Waislitz’s regional media business.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Due diligence
ARN Media’s M&A record holds out for elusive win
After seven months, the dream of an ARN-Southern Cross combination fell apart. But if history is any guide, M&A has been a source of unease for ARN investors.
- Jemima Whyte
Plan B in the works as ARN-Anchorage bid collapses
Here’s what Street Talk reckons could unfold in coming weeks.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
ARN throws a Hail Mary to revive collapsed radio merger
Takeover target SCA gave a dim view of the revised plan, which doesn’t include private equity firm Anchorage Capital.
- Nick Bonyhady
March
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Spills and thrills in Australia’s biggest listed radio deal
When nearly half the company’s investors publicly back a chairman’s removal, you can be sure change is coming. In this case, it is a long-mooted M&A deal.
- Anthony Macdonald
Radio market overhaul as Southern Cross says it may accept ARN bid
The deal would merge the Hit and Triple M networks with the owner of the KIIS and Pure Gold stations in a major shakeup of the $700 million sector.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
More Southern Cross shareholders back removing chair Rob Murray
Facing a new takeover offer from ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners, nearly 40 per cent of Southern Cross Austereo shareholders want to remove its chair.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ARN ups its offer in ‘frustrating’ Southern Cross Austereo takeover
The company that owns the KIIS and Pure Gold radio brands has spent five months trying to buy its rival. It just increased its bid.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘The Cat’ ups Southern Cross stake; major shareholder tips in
It is understood circa 2 per cent of stake was collected from fellow Southern Cross major shareholder Allan Gray.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Southern Cross’ big shareholders in push to oust board and executives
Chairman Rob Murray has defended his side’s handling of a takeover offer from rival ARN Media, and says ARN is not sharing critical information.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
December 2023
Major retailers threaten to siphon away $1.1b in advertising spend
Morgan Stanley says Coles, Woolworths and Amazon are taking market share from media groups. But publishers and broadcasters are fighting back.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones