ARN CEO says advertisers are back after $13.5m Sandilands deal
19 June 2026 For the past couple of years, hundreds of brands have refused to run ads on ARN Media’s Kiis and Pure Gold radio networks because of one man: Kyle Sandilands…
Now, those advertisers have returned, says the company’s new chief executive, after ARN announced it had resolved its high-stakes lawsuit with Sandilands, paying the network’s former star breakfast presenter almost $12.1 million in cash to take his robust hosting style elsewhere…
“It’s a good outcome for ARN. It’s a very good outcome for our shareholders, and it gives us real surety about our ability to move forward and execute the plan that I’ve been pretty clear about,” Michael Stephenson, who took over as ARN’s chief executive in January, said on Wednesday.
“We had a list of clients that wouldn’t advertise with ARN because of their concerns around brand safety. Now we have zero clients on that list. There’s absolute certainty that there are no issues around any of those things that existed in the past.”
19 June 2026
19 June 2026
