Following Alan Jones’ spray against Jacinda Arden and the message from Macquarie Media chairman Russell Tate that “…any recurrence of commentary of this nature will result in the termination of his contract”, is the threat worth the paper it is written on?   Let’s take a look at the threat itself. The statement was issued on Saturday but is not on the Macquarie Media website. And, importantly, there were a couple of names and one company missing from his threat: Nine Entertainment, its CEO Hugh Marks, and Nine chair and Liberal Party elder Peter Costello.

Macquarie Media's board has been lashed for endorsing Nine Entertainment Co's below-market takeover bid, with Centennial Asset Management's Matthew Kidman claiming the radio group is worth substantially more than the offer on the table. Mr Kidman believes that a bid "somewhere north of $1.70 up to $2 would've been more appropriate" when considering the value of the cost savings and potential earnings lift when the advertising market recovers.  

Vision Australia hopes to meet with ministers "sooner rather than later" as a funding shortfall puts a Bendigo radio station at risk. Changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme have left Vision Australia Radio with a $700,000 shortfall that needs to be fixed by the end of 2019. Federal shadow minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten visited Bendigo and called on the government to find "a modest amount of money" to make sure Vision Australia Radio continued.  

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