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ARN Media Ltd., formerly Here, There & Everywhere and APN News & Media, is an Australian media company. Divisions include broadcast radio and Out-of-home advertising. The company previously had assets in New Zealand, and previously owned Adshel, APN Outdoor and Gfinity eSports in Australia. Its commercial radio stations include the Gold Network, KIIS Network, CADA, ARN Regional and iHeartRadio brands. Wikipedia
Website: arn.com.au
Symbol: ASX:A1N
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- Oct 29: Amazon is to cut 14,000 corporate jobs, and has warned of further cuts next year. It’s yet another set of cuts for the company: just within podcasting, it had cut 110 jobs at Wondery in August; a “small number” at Wondery in March; and closed Wondery’s entire operations in Mexico and Brazil in February. The cuts were announced before affected employees were individually told; Amazon’s share price rose 1% on the news. Apparently AI will replace some of the roles, which will be lost across the business.
- Oct 16: In Australia, ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network has parted company with Life Uncut, the current number 7 in the Australian Podcast Ranker. No word yet as to who made the decision, or where the show will go. ARN has an upfront on Oct 29.
- Oct 13: In Australia, Jetpak Media, a creator representation house and media publisher, has been launched by former Spotify and ARN executive Kai Battaglene.
- Sep 16: Lily Allen has “departed” the popular Miss Me?, a podcast she co-hosts with Miquita Oliver, according to the UK newspapers. Except, no, she hasn’t really. The podcast will continue, and Podnews learns that she will return, after she works on “a new project” (we’d presume it’s a new album); and she’ll still pop in on the podcast from time to time. Jordan Stephens is stepping in as co-host in the meantime - he’s been regularly on the show anyway. The show’s made by Persephonica for BBC Sounds.
- Aug 28: Magellan AI has released the first ever Australian Podcast Quarterly Benchmark Report. Working with ARN, we learn that the average ad load is 7.53%. (In the US, it’s 8.13%). Podcast advertising must be seen as fair dinkum by the advertisers, too - podcast ad spend saw an increase of 20% year-on-year. Crikey!
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