Only a few hours after ARN’s parent company, APN News & Media announced a surge in revenue at it’s annual Investor Day last week it took to a private room in Sydney’s trendy Establishment to win friends and influence people among among an invited audience of advertising buyers.

Following last month's announcement that Australian Radio Network (ARN) has partnered with content marketing company Emotive, they today announced the appointment of iHeartRadio's first Content Director.

Brett 'Nozz' Nossiter will join iHeartRadio as Content Director, leaving his current position of Content Acquisition and Partnerships Director at Authentic Entertainment.  

Hozier played iHeartRadio Live at The X Studio in Kings Cross last night, presented by KIIS 1065 and hosted by the station’s Gordie Waters.
 
After playing at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in LA last week, Hozier performed to 300 fans with a set of crowd favourites including his new single Someone New.
 

APN News & Media has recorded an Overall Net Profit of $15.2m in financial results released today, for the 2014 calendar year.

APN is the parent company of NZME and ARN, both of which improved their revenue from 2013.

While the Australian radio market grew 3% in 2014, ARN revenue grew 18% to $180.9m and EBITDA grew 14% to $66.5m. Its agency revenue grew 32% to $109.6m, reflecting improved 2014 ratings.

NZME Radio experienced 5% growth in revenue to $116.8m and 7% in EBITDA growth, which sits at $23.1m.

ARN's Ciaran Davis has been awarded CEO Magazine's top award, CEO of the Year at the third annual Executive of the Year Awards tonight.

Davis began his role in 2010 and, after three years of growth, the challenge was to deliver a business plan that built on this success. His strategy has "combined the best people, most entertaining talent and bold client solutions to build a strong, contemporary media company," according to the awards judges.

The buzz and speculation has been rife, and now Australian Radio Network has officially confirmed that Hughesy & Kate, will be driving listeners home on the KIIS and MixFM Network in 2015.

Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones and Amanda Keller have renewed their contracts with WSFM breakfast for three more years.

Currently in their ninth year on air together, 2014 has been a good year for Jonesy & Amanda, scoring top spot in the FM breakfast rankings for four out of the six surveys.

WSFM's overall ratings also continues to climb after a successful rebrand as part of the new Pure Gold Network.

ARN's National Marketing team has been expanded with a range of new appointments.

Selina Nisanyan fills the newly created role of Digital Marketing Manager, where she will be tasked with optimizing ARN’s digital marketing campaign activity across display, social, and search platforms, as well as responsibility for end to end brand management of iHeartRadio and initiatives for the Edge.

Amidst the euphoria of a stunning start to the year for its new KIIS brand as well as a resurgent WS-FM, ARN’s top brass may have been forgiven for opting out of last night’s function for their lesser known third brand, The Edge 96.ONE. But no, CEO Ciaran Davis, Network PD, Duncan Campbell were both there along with a bevy of senior execs including Edge and WSFM PD Charlie Fox to lend enthusiastic support to this unique station that serves up hip hop and dance hits to the ethnically diverse youth of the western suburbs of Sydney.