Southern Cross Media Group

"Macquarie Media Group" redirects here. For the unrelated company formerly operating as Macquarie Radio Network, see Nine Radio.

Southern Cross Media Group (formerly Macquarie Media Group) is one of Australia's major media companies, as the parent company of Southern Cross Austereo. Its headquarters are in South Melbourne.

Southern Cross Media Group

Company type	Public
Traded as	ASX: SXL
Industry	Media
Founded	November 2007
Headquarters	South Melbourne, Australia
Owner	ARN Media 14.8%
Website	southerncrossaustereo.com.au

History

Southern Cross Media logo used until July 2011

On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of A$1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. Under the deal, Macquarie Media Group would then onsell the metropolitan radio stations to Fairfax Media.^[1] On 5 November 2007, the company officially acquired Southern Cross Broadcasting's assets.^[2] On 17 December 2009 shareholders approved a restructuring plan. The company was then renamed from Macquarie Media Group to its current name on 17 December 2009.^[3][4][5]

In March 2016, Macquarie Group sold a 15.7% stake in Southern Cross Media worth $130 million, and of that 9.9% was purchased by Nine Entertainment, the owner of the Nine Network.^[6][7] Nine sold this stake in the business six months later.^[8]

Assets

• American Consolidated Media (10% non-voting stake) ^[9]
• Southern Cross Austereo
  • Southern Cross 10
    • CTC - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW (Canberra, Wollongong, Wagga Wagga, South Coast)
    • GLV/BCV - Victoria (Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland, Albury-Wodonga)
    • TNQ - Queensland (Toowoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns)
    • SGS/SCN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales)
  • Southern Cross Seven
    • TNT - Tasmania (Hobart and Launceston)
    • TND - Northern Territory (Darwin)
    • GTS/BKN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales)
    • QQQ - Central Australia (Remote Eastern and Central Australia)
  • Southern Cross Nine
    • GDS/BDN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales)
  • Tasmanian Digital Television (50% share with WIN Corporation)
  • Darwin Digital Television (50% share with Nine Entertainment)
  • Central Digital Television (50% share with Imparja Television Pty Ltd)

References

1. "Southern Cross Broadcasting sold for $1.35b". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
2. "Southern Cross falls to Mac and Fairfax". The Australian. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
3. "Company website". macquarie.com.au. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
4. "InvestSmart profile". investsmart.com.au. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
5. "Internalisation and Corporatisation Meetings" (PDF) (Press release). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
6. Knox, David (18 March 2016). "Nine buys Southern Cross shares". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
7. "Telstra tipped to offload its Foxtel stake as Nine buys 9.9% of Southern Cross Austereo". Mumbrella. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
8. "Nine sells stake in Southern Cross after only six months". AdNews. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
9. "Editor & Publisher". Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

External links

• Southern Cross Austereo