June
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
May
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- Media & marketing
$250m deal to reshape radio market collapses
Southern Cross Austereo’s regional TV stations proved the sticking point for Anchorage Capital Partners’ deal. ARN is left to try and salvage a way forward.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March
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- 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.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November 2023
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Kyle & Jackie O’s new 10-year deal nets them millions in shares
ARN will spend big promoting the controversial show in Melbourne next year – and the city’s GOLD 1043 host, Christian O’Connell, has signed for a further five years.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October 2023
Mystery share raid finally makes sense
The country’s radio landscape could soon be dramatically reshaped, after a stunning takeover bid for Southern Cross. It had been plotted for months.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May 2023
ARN chiefs not at King Kyle’s wedding
Guess the radio network’s golden goose is way past managing up.
- Myriam Robin
December 2021
Big tech crackdown and an election: how 2022 will play out for media
The Australian Financial Review’s Media & Marketing section rounds out the year with a look at what to expect next year.
- Miranda Ward
November 2021
HT&E snaps up radio company to capitalise on growing regional market
Here, There & Everywhere is getting in on the media consolidation action, acquiring regional radio network Grant Broadcasters for $307.5 million.
- Miranda Ward
August 2021
HT&E looks ahead to consolidation of media sector
Australia’s media industry will likely consolidate into bigger, scaled companies to better compete with the likes of YouTube and Facebook for advertising dollars, says Here, There & Everywhere chief executive Ciaran Davis.
- Miranda Ward
August 2020
HT&E surges as radio ad market shows signs of life
Chief executive Ciaran Davis says the network has bucked the misconception that radio listening would fall with fewer commuters.
- Max Mason
June 2020
Advertisers push back oOh!media bookings to second half
A huge share of the company's outdoor advertising bookings for April and May were pushed into the second half of the year after travel and social restrictions because of COVID-19 slashed people's movements.
- Max Mason
May 2020
HT&E keeps M&A options open, says radio audience up amid COVID-19
HT&E recently acquired a stake in outdoor advertising business oOh!media and says, despite tough ad market conditions, listeners are running into radio during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Max Mason