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Nine Fairfax merger gets Federal Court Approval

27 November 2018 Today the Federal court has ruled in favour of the merger between Nine and Fairfax, the final step for the two companies to become one....

Fairfax shareholders vote “Yes”

19 November 2018 Fairfax shareholders have voted for the Nine/Fairfax merger to go ahead. Fairfax shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the merger with Nine Entertainment at this...

iHeartRadio Australia is 5

19 September 2018 ARN’s iHeartRadio Australia celebrates its 5th birthday today and to mark the milestone has created the ultimate 5th birthday playlist with a pop-up station of...

Will Murdoch move to disrupt the Fairfax/Nine merger

1 August 2018 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is being tipped to disrupt the planned merger of Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment And Murdoch wouldn’t be the only...

Business as usual for Macquarie Media: CEO Adam Lang

26 July 2018 With today's proposed merger announcement of Fairfax and Nine, what is the status of Macquarie Media? The answer is "business as usual" according to CEO...

Fairfax knocks back Singleton’s bid for MacRadio

20 June 2017 With a number of would be buyers propositioning the ailing Fairfax empire, it was the obvious call from John Singleton and Mark Carnegie to make...

NZ commerce commission declines NZME/Fairfax merger

2 May 2017 The Commerce Commission has released its final decision declining authorisation for NZME and Fairfax to merge their media operations in New Zealand. The merger proposed to...

APN shareholders overwhelmingly approve NZME demerger

16 June 2016 APN News and Media Limited shareholders have voted in favour of the demerger of its New Zealand business NZME. It was an overwhelming vote with 99.98%...

APN sees growth in radio and outdoor. Plans to merge NZ newspapers with Fairfax

11 May 2016 APN and Fairfax have confirmed NZ merger plans following yesterday’s AGM, with APN extending a halt in trading on the stock exchange. “APN and Fairfax...

Media-i Awards recognise sales

12 November 2015 Last night the Media-i Awards were held at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. NOVA Sales Manager Ben McMillan won Victorian Radio Sales Person of the...

Fairfax posts profit

13 August 2015 Fairfax Media today has announced full-year financial results posting a new profit of 83.2 million after tax, surpassing estimates. Chief Executive and Managing Director Greg...

Brad McNally gets goodbye KIIS from 96FM

4 August 2015 Veteran Content Director Brad McNally has been made redundant from Perth station 96FM. McNally was the original music director at 96FM in the early 1980’s when...

Fairfax boosts radio revenue

6 May 2015 A Fairfax Conference Presentation and Trading Update held this morning saw chief executive Greg Hywood announce a 9% increase in radio revenue for the company....

Forbes, Parker exit MRN merged entity

1 May 2015 In a memo to staff, the new MRN, now merged with Fairfax, announced more of who is staying and who's going. Departing the company are...

Veteren Brisbane jock gone

10 April 2015 After reporting a RadioInfo source yesterday maintaining there was no panic among staff at 4BC ahead of a formal process of review today, the shedding...

Historic: 2GB and 2UE newsrooms to merge tonight

9 April 2015 Tonight at 6pm is the final news bulletin from 2UE's Greenwich studio following the Fairfax Macquarie merger. The 7 o'clock bulletin will come from the...

Macquarie Radio Network to sell two radio stations

2 April 2015 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted enforceable undertakings from Macquarie Radio Network Limited (MRN) to sell radio stations 2CH in Sydney and 4LM...

ACCC will not oppose Macquarie, Fairfax radio merger

27 February 2015 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose Macquarie Radio Network's proposed acquisition of the radio assets of Fairfax Media Limited, or Fairfax's proposed...

New chairman elected for CRA board

16 October 2014 A new Board of Directors has been appointed at today’s Annual General Meeting of industry body Commercial Radio Australia, held in Melbourne before the National...

ARN and Fairfax Radio Network in new, game-changing partnership

15 October 2014 In an exciting new collaboration, music, news and talkback stations from Fairfax Radio Network will soon be added to iHeartRadio, Australian Radio Network’s (ARN) platform...

3AW is Fairfax Radio’s shining star: Lunch with Greg Hywood

18 July 2014 Fairfax Media is in the radio business "for the long road," according to CEO Greg Hywood, who spoke at the Melbourne Press Club this week....

Fairfax hopes for ratings Magic

13 January 2014 As reported yesterday on radioinfo, Fairfax Radio’s 4BH in Brisbane has become Magic 882. 4BH completed its transition to the Magic brand following the 6am news....

Fairfax Radio experiences strongest revenue growth of all networks in 2013

16 December 2013 Bob Peters' Analysis of Metro Radio's Financial Performance. Compared to TV and Print, it was pretty good. About the Author Bob Peters is a Director...