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Ray Hadley as he announces his resignation from 2GB.

Exits, cuts and Smooth FM: Nine mulls future of 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR

While it has shelved plans to replace its Perth radio station with a music feed from Nova, there are plenty of challenges at the company’s radio division.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

November

Joe Rogan (right) interviewed Donald Trump for three hours for his podcast.

Memo to Kim Williams and the ABC: This is the age of ‘bro’ podcasts

Men are tired of the superficiality and bias in so much of the mainstream media. They’re going to alternative platforms to get what they want.

  • John Anderson
Alan Jones leaves Day Street Police Station on bail.

Police charge Alan Jones with 24 offences days before trip to US

The veteran broadcaster was charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims after an investigation into “sexual touching offences spanning two decades”.

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  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
Ray Hadley only recently signed a contract extension with 2GB.

2GB’s Ray Hadley made one phone call before retirement announcement

The veteran broadcaster says he will retire from full-time radio in December after 43 years behind the microphone and thousands of shows as a talkback radio host.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
Nine Entertainment’s acting chief executive officer, Matt Stanton.

Nine’s acting CEO wants business review alongside cultural reset

After a torrid year and a sliding share price, the company’s acting chief executive, Matt Stanton, will front his first annual general meeting on Thursday.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
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Sally Sara has been named the new host of Radio National’s Breakfast program.

Sally Sara named host of a new-look ABC breakfast show

The chairman has said Radio National should emulate the BBC’s Radio 4, which reaches more than 10 per cent of the UK population each week.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

June

ARN Media chairman Hamish McLennan and chief executive Ciaran Davis.

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

How this CEO survived two dud product launches

oOh!media chief Cathy O’Connor’s former boss told her the mistakes she made were the best thing that ever happened to her. He was right.

  • Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe

May

Rich listers Alex Waislitz and Antony Catalano aim to create a regional media powerhouse.

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 chairman Hamish McLennan has urged media law reform after his initial plans for Southern Cross Austereo failed.

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

ARN put Southern Cross in play when it acquired a near 15 per cent stake in June. Now it has secured due diligence.

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

November 2023

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson are among the most powerful players in Australian radio.

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

Southern Cross Austereo chairman Rob Murray.

Southern Cross trades Grant Samuel for UBS amid takeover

Sources said UBS has taken the reins as pressure mounts on the SCA board to engage with ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

‘There is no line’: how Kyle Sandilands thrives in the cancel culture era

The radio host on his record-breaking contract, expanding business empire and what the PM did at his wedding.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
KIIS’s star radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O.

Nick Bolton attempts to thwart Southern Cross takeover

ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners’ proposed acquisition of Southern Cross has already hit a major hurdle.

  • Zoe Samios and Sam Buckingham-Jones
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Chief content officer Beverley McGarvey and chief operation and commercial officer Jarrod Villani.

Network Ten doesn’t want to buy Southern Cross Austereo’s TV stations

The most likely buyer for the listed media company’s 96 regional TV signals, Network Ten owner Paramount, says it doesn’t need them.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
ARN and Southern Cross Media are both ASX listed.

ARN, Anchorage to table ACMA solution with Southern Cross bid

Street Talk understands the duo have baked in a pre-pack Australian Communications and Media Authority solution into their control bid.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
The Kyle and Jackie O Show will air in Melbourne.

Kyle and Jackie O to take on Melbourne in new $200m KIIS FM contract

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson are two of the country’s most powerful broadcasters. Their platform will soon get bigger.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

September 2023

Jackie Henderson (right) is embarking on her next big business partnership: this time, with agent Gemma O’Neill (left)

Jackie O wants a radio exit strategy

Jackie Henderson, half of the country’s most successful FM radio show, is about to ink her biggest contract yet. But she’s already planning life after radio.

  • Jemima Whyte

June 2023

ARIA chief executive Annabelle Herd in her Surry Hills office.

Record labels fight to scrap cap on what radio stations pay them

The likes of Lachlan Murdoch’s Smooth FM pay less than 1 per cent of revenue for the records they play. The labels providing them have had enough.

  • Michael Bailey