This Month
Catalano’s ‘aggressive’ Byron Bay parking saga plays out on Facebook
Locals took to a Byron Bay community group page to vent about one of their many resident multimillionaires.
May
Chocolate Yowies at epicentre of Keybridge-Bolton battle
Keybridge Capital’s new board has applied to the Takeovers Panel to stop chocolate brand Yowie from issuing millions of new shares.
Sandon moves to spill Southern Cross board...but it’s ready to hit back
Street Talk understands the board Southern Cross board has secured the backing of its four largest shareholders, representing around 50 per cent of the register.
March
Bolton removed from Keybridge Capital board in stoush with Catalano
The activist investor has, however, talked up the decision as a victory, saying he has “never seen such competition to be on the board of an insolvent company”.
Catalano’s property drama spills into Byron Bay altercation
Police were called to the altercation outside Raes Hotel on Wategos Beach.
‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad bets
The billionaire investor is mired in clashes with his ex-wife, future sister-in-law and developer Tim Gurner. But he’s up for it, he says.
Catalano still has eyes for Nine’s Domain
The media entrepreneur had a plan. He wanted back in to the property listing platform he once ran. Then New York-listed CoStar arrived with a blockbuster bid.
Catalano’s ACM sells Launceston print site for $3.5 million
The decision to cease printing newspapers in northern Tasmania paved way for sale of the 5763-square-metre site.
February
Shareholders barred from Keybridge meeting as court freezes assets
Sources say observers who showed up in person were also prevented from entering.
Keybridge’s lawyer warned against using administration to avoid board spill
Silk Andrew Broadfoot urged Keybridge to be cautious about a decision to appoint an administrator days before a shareholder meeting.
Catalano goes to the mat for Byron Bay McMansions
The media mogul won’t take no for an answer in his bid to build a 10-bedroom family home split across two houses in Byron Bay.
The end of the bromance: how Bolton and Catalano came unstuck
In an audacious corporate raid, Nick Bolton and Antony Catalano made Magellan blink. Then they fought over the spoils.
Fireworks at Keybridge as Catalano, Wilson muscle in; vote called
Sources told this column Wilson reopened Monday afternoon’s meeting over Bolton’s protests and put all its resolutions to a vote.
Nicholas Bolton’s Keybridge to enter voluntary administration: sources
Melbourne accounting and advisory firm Lowe Lippmann is best placed to be appointed, sources said.
End of an era: Catalano, Bolton fall-out to give WAM the edge
Wilson, whose company has built a 45 per cent stake in Bolton’s ASX-listed investment vehicle Keybridge Capital, has been a thorn in Bolton’s side for almost a decade.
November 2024
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.
August 2024
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.
June 2024
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.
May 2024
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.
March 2024
Big media names pour cash into ‘cookie-free’ ad start-up
Media boss Antony Catalano and Seek co-founder Matt Rockman are among investors in a new advertising tech start-up, which eschews privacy-invading cookies.