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| Nine Entertainment | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessor | PBL Media Fairfax Media |
| Founded | October 18, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-18) |
| Headquarters | 1 Denison Street North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] |
Key people | Catherine West (Chair) Matt Stanton (CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | A$1.378 billion[2] (H1 FY24) |
| A$169.372 million[2] (H1 FY24) | |
| A$114.416 million[2] (H1 FY24) | |
| Total assets | A$4.044 billion[2] (H1 FY24) |
| Total equity | A$1.886 billion[2] (H1FY24) |
Number of employees | 3,350[citation needed] |
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| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www www |
Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited[3] is an Australianpublicly listed company with holdings in mass media radio and television broadcasting, publishing anddigital media. It usesNine as its corporate branding.[4]
The entity is largely a successor to the formerPublishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL), which was established by thePacker family. The Packers ended their involvement with the company in 2008 and its name was changed to Nine in 2010. The company merged withFairfax Media in December 2018, expanding its brands and investments across television, video on demand, print, digital, radio and real estate classifieds.
Nine's assets include theNine Network,Nine Radio; major newspaper mastheads such asThe Sydney Morning Herald,The Age andThe Australian Financial Review; digital properties such asnine.com.au,9Honey,Pedestrian;video-on-demand platformStan; and a majority investment in real estate web portalDomain Group.[5]
The company was a successor of the long-established Australian media groupAustralian Consolidated Press (ACP), created by SirFrank Packer, whose Channel 9 was Australia's first commercial TV network.Kerry Packer inherited the company after his father's death in 1974. ACP was combined with the Nine Network in 1994 asPublishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL).
Under a split of PBL into two companies, after Kerry Packer's death in 2005, PBL Media, formerly held by PBL, was transferred toConsolidated Media Holdings (CMH).[6]
PBL Media was established in October 2006, when PBL transferred its media interests, including theACP Magazines, Nine Network, andninemsn, to the new business – a joint venture between PBL andCVC Asia Pacific.[7] The recapitalisation was announced on 18 October 2006.[8]John Alexander,chief executive officer of PBL, was announced as the executive chairman of PBL Media, along withIan Law as CEO andPat O'Sullivan aschief financial officer.[citation needed]
In June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC Capital Partners for $515 million.[9] In September 2007, it was announced that the transaction was to go ahead at the increased purchase price of approximately $526 million.[10]
On 27 October 2008,James Packer and CMH representatives, such as Alexander, resigned from the board of PBL Media, effectively ending financial backing and future associations with the company.[11] James Packer later sold his media interests.[12]
On 16 December 2008, PBL Media issued a press release stating that the company's majority shareholder,CVC Capital Partners, had refinanced debt facilities as well as injecting in excess of $300 million. CMH stated that they would not be investing any further funds, and as such, CMH's 25% interest became diluted to a stake less than 1%.[citation needed]
From 2 December 2010, PBL Media rebranded as Nine Entertainment Company[13] In December 2011 former McDonald's Australia chief executivePeter Bush was appointed chairman following the resignation of Tim Parker. In February 2013 David Haslingden, previously President and Chief Operating Officer ofFox Networks Group, was appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive director and chairman.
In December 2013, Nine Entertainment listed on the ASX, trading asASX: NEC. Vendors includedApollo Global Management,Oaktree Capital andGoldman Sachs who took over from CVC in a refinancing deal in October 2012 when Nine was on the brink of receivership.
In 2014, Nine Entertainment Co. founded online streaming company Stan with Fairfax Media, investing $50 million into the joint venture.[14]
On 16 April 2015, Nine Entertainment Co. announced the sale of its Nine Live business to Affinity Equity Partners for $640 million to reduce debt and fund an ongoing capital management program.[15] In October 2015, theWIN Corporation purchased a 14% stake in Nine Entertainment Co. from investment fund operator Apollo.[citation needed]
In November 2015, Hugh Marks was appointed as CEO. He replacedDavid Gyngell, who remained on the board.[16] In February 2016,Peter Costello was appointed chair.[17]
In March 2016, Nine Entertainment Co purchased a 9.9% stake inSouthern Cross Media Group from theMacquarie Group.[18] On 29 April 2016, Nine Entertainment Co. ended a 27-yearaffiliation agreement with WIN Corporation, instead partnering withSouthern Cross Austereo in parts of regional Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, after securing a 50% revenue sharing deal with Southern Cross, which is higher than its existing 39% deal with WIN.[19][20] Nine sold its stake in the business in September.[21]
On 26 July 2018, Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media announced they agreed on terms for a merger between the two companies to become Australia's largest media company. As a result of the merger, Nine shareholders own 51.1 percent of the combined entity and Fairfax shareholders own 48.9 percent.[22] After the merger between Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media in December 2018, WIN Corporation's stake was diluted to 7.76% but later increased to 15.24% in January 2018.[23] In September 2018, it was announced that WIN Corporation's overall economic interest had grown to 25%.[24]
On 25 May 2020, Nine Entertainment sold their New Zealand subsidiaryStuff, which had been acquired during the purchase of Fairfax in December 2018, to Stuff's chief executiveSinead Boucher for NZ$1. The transaction was completed by 31 May and marked the return of Stuff into New Zealand ownership. As part of the agreement, Nine received all proceeds of the sale of wholesale broadband business Stuff Fibre to telecommunications companyVocus Group, and ownership of Stuff'sWellington printing press.[25][26][27]
In November 2020, Hugh Marks resigned from the Nine Network after revealing he was in a relationship with a former colleague.[28] Nine Entertainment relocated fromWilloughby, where it had been based for 64 years, to new offices at 1 Denison Street, inNorth Sydney in December 2020.[1][29]
In March 2021, Nine Entertainment announced the appointment of Mike Sneesby as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 April 2021, following Hugh Marks resignation.[30] On 12 March 2021, Nine announced that it would be returning its regional affiliation back toWIN Television, ending its 5 year affiliation withSCA. As part of the deal, WIN will pay Nine 50% of advertising revenue and provide airtime to Nine's assets across its television and radio network. The affiliation switch was reversed on 1 July 2021. Upon the switch, WIN's unique branding was phased out in favour of Nine's metro branding with the WIN branding retained for local idents, promos, community announcements and sponsor billboards. However,WIN News remains under its unique name and format.
It was announced on 15 September 2021, that WIN's advertising department would be merged into Nine's advertising team with Nine's advertising platform9Galaxy extending into regional areas from July 2022. This will mean advertisers in regional areas can book advertising directly with Nine for the first time instead of booking with WIN.[31]
In June 2024,Peter Costello resigned as chairman and was replaced by Catherine West.[32]
In September 2024, after mounting pressure over allegations of toxic culture, Mike Sneesby announced he was stepping down as chief executive of Nine Entertainment and would leave the media company at the end of the month.[33]
| Callsign | Frequency | Location | Launched date | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2GB | 873 AM DAB+ 9B | Sydney | 23 August 1926; 98 years ago (1926-08-23) | News talk |
| 3AW | 693 AM DAB+ 9B | Melbourne | 22 February 1932; 93 years ago (1932-02-22) | News talk |
| 4BC | 882 AM DAB+ 9B | Brisbane | 16 August 1930; 94 years ago (1930-08-16) | News talk |
| 6PR | 882 AM DAB+ 9B | Perth | 14 October 1931; 93 years ago (1931-10-14) | News talk |
The following stations are run under a lease agreement byAce Radio.
| Station | Frequency | Call-sign | Location | Launched date | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2UE | 954 AM DAB+ 9A | 2UE | Sydney | 26 January 1925; 100 years ago (1925-01-26) | Oldies |
| Magic 1278 | 1278 AM DAB+ 9B | 3EE | Melbourne | 8 September 1935; 89 years ago (1935-09-08) | Oldies |
| 4BH | 1116 AM DAB+ 9B | 4BH | Brisbane | 2 January 1932; 93 years ago (1932-01-02) | Oldies |
From today Nine Entertainment Company is our group's new title, new brand and new future. It will embrace Nine Television, Nine Magazines (through ACP), Nine Digital (through ninemsn, Carsales, Cudo and Sky News), and Nine Events (through Ticketek and Acer Arena) and thus draw together under one new banner all the outstanding people and vast assets of this great company.
Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media's video streaming joint venture is expected to launch in February or earlier after it announced its brand name - Stan - and first-run rights to Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul.
