Senior global media agency executive Matt James is returning to Nine as Managing Director – Nine Melbourne.
 
James has recently returned from London where he was global CEO of leading media agency network Zenith Media. Before that he held senior media roles as Australian CEO of Publicis Media and CEO of Zenith Australia.
 

Nine has today confirmed that it has signed an agreement for the sale of Stuff Limited, in a transaction which is expected to complete by May 31, 2020.
 

The transaction between Nine and Macquarie Media was completed on Friday. And this week Nine are conducting “town halls” with Macquarie employees around the country.

Macquarie's new MD chats with Peter Saxon

Tom Malone has been appointed Managing Director – Radio, ahead of Nine taking over operational control of Macquarie Media on November 8. 

On a public holiday Monday in NSW, Nine has informed the market that it has attained a 90 percent stake in radio broadcaster Macquarie Media.

radioinfo is there.

The consortium led by the ABC, News Limited and Channel Nine is currently presenting to the committee, to explain further its submission that says the recent raids have had "a chilling effect" on journalists and whistleblowers.

The merger of Nine and Fairfax is due to complete this Friday.

Along with the merger of both companies, Nine will also end up owning Fairfax Media's 54% share of Macquarie Media.

But would Nine like to own it all? Perhaps so.

Nine has responded to media speculation today with a short media statement saying the company has "had discussions" about the remaining 46% of shares in Macquarie Media, most of which are owned by John Singleton.

With today's proposed merger announcement of Fairfax and Nine, what is the status of Macquarie Media?

The answer is "business as usual" according to CEO Adam Lang.

Lang has told radioinfo:

If the Scheme proceeds as recommended, our major shareholder will change from Fairfax Media to Nine.

For everyone at Macquarie Media, this means business as usual.

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