“A complex set of results” – SCA SWM post merger has highs, lows and no interim dividend for H1 FY26

24 February 2026 After the surprise news of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) Managing Director and CEO Jeff Howard's immediate resignation last night, the half year results for the...

SCA CEO Jeff Howard steps down day before ASX results

23 February 2026 Jeff Howard, the CEO of the newly merged Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and Seven West Media (SWM) has stepped down, effective immediately. Jeff’s employment with...

Second court hearing scheduled for proposed SCA & SWM merger

15 December 2025 A second court hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday December 23, in the Supreme Court of NSW for the proposed acquisition of Seven West Media...

ARN reduces its interest in SCA

4 December 2025 The Australian Financial Review (subscription required) have reported that Barrenjoey Capital Markets have significantly increased their interest in Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) after a trade with...

News Corp walks away from decade long investment in ARN

4 December 2025 On Wednesday December 3, just after the markets closed, News Corp traded its entire 13% stake in ARN, more than 40 million shares at 44c...

CRA Audio ID launches, uniting for radio marketing ARN, Nine, Nova and SCA

17 November 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) have launched CRA Audio ID, bringing together ARN, Nine Audio, Nova Entertainment and Southern Cross Austereo to allow marketers to...

“We fit together exceptionally well” – Kerry Stokes talks up the SCA merger in his last Seven West Media AGM as Chairman

6 November 2025 Today, November 6, was the AGM and trading update for Seven West Media, Kerry Stokes' last as Chairman and before the likely merger with Southern...

“Victory was in sight. But that was not to be” – Sandon Capital blindsided and angry at potential SCA and Seven West Media merger

9 October 2025 Sandon Capital Investment believes in the power of audio. So much so that the Australian-based activist investment firm who buy shares in companies they perceive...

Sandon Capital increases its interest in SCA ahead of AGM

23 September 2025 Sandon Capital Pty Ltd have purchased an additional 2.5 million shares in Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), upping their voting power from 10.2 to 11.3%. Sandon...

LiSTNR and Audacy form podcast partnership

16 September 2025 Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and Audacy, the US-based audio content and entertainment company have announced a partnership where LiSTNR will now provide sales representation...

Fully focused on being a best-in-class audio company: John Kelly on SCA’s 2025 Results

25 August 2025 Southern Cross Austereo (SXL) is “fully focused on being the best-in-class audio company we can be,” CEO John Kelly told Steve Ahern after the company’s...

South meets West – West Coast Radio Joins LiSTNR in partnership with SCA

22 August 2025 Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and West Coast Radio have formed a strategic partnership to expand digital audio access and monetisation across Western Australia. West...

SCA finally sells television assets, audio revenue grows

6 May 2025 At the end of February Australian Digital Holdings was announced to be the purchaser of the TV assets of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), with the...

SCA loses place on the All Ordinaries index

11 March 2025 If you didn't realise that being listed on the All Ordinaries index was a mark of success, highly competitive and not at all ordinary, you're...

Nine Chief Sales Officer and SCA Chief Financial Officer both resign

18 December 2024 Nine Entertainment's Chief Sales Officer Michael Stephenson (main picture) and Southern Cross Austereo (SCA)'s Chief Financial Officer Tim Young have both had their resignations announced today....

Behind the scenes – what else is happening in the radio industry

8 December 2024 In all areas of life, personal and professional, we like to put forward the most positive front, especially on social media, while we might be...

SCA “disappointed and angry” about AGM First-Strike vote

25 November 2024 There was controlled tension in the room at today's Southern Cross Media (SXL) annual general meeting, held at SCA's World Square headquarters in Sydney. Steve...

SCA AGM: group revenue down 1%, LiSTNR EBITDA positive

25 November 2024 Southern Cross Austereo (SCA)'s AGM was held on Monday November 25, 2024 with group revenue down 1%, net debt $2.5 million and LiSTNR becoming EBITDA...