AU & NZ

ARN is integrating their regional offering to give advertisers even more opportunities to create connections, with access to more than eight million Australians each week.In January, ARN completed their acquisition of Grant Broadcasters, the largest regional radio operator in the country, which now brings ARN’s total stable of owned and represented brands to 135 stations across 71… Read More
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Commercial Radio Australia is beginning use of its latest technological tool designed to monitor radio consumption for ratings measurement, called the GfK MediaWatch.In an update today, CRA announced the first panel participants to wear the electronic watch meters to capture their radio listening have been recruited in Sydney.The panel members will wear the GfK MediaWatch, which uses… Read More
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The first daily news podcast from The Australian has launched today called, The Front. Hosted by The Australian’s Editorial Director Claire Harvey, the 15-minute podcast will feature each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insight from The Australian’s newsrooms. “Everything we do at The Australian is about storytelling – and… Read More
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Australian company Sonnant has launched an AI-powered monetisation tool that streamlines content management in audio and video content.The new suite of tools “solves the most evasive voice and video advertising challenges” using voice to text technology and is part of a wide range of solutions offered by the company.Sonnant’s voice management platform addresses the complexity… Read More
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‘Pinch yourself’ moments. They’re par for the course in radio.Surreal little life snippets, where people you’ve only ever seen on stage or screen – the famous and the infamous – are suddenly right there, in your orbit.Talk about perks of the job.I’ll never forget Alice Cooper making a Triple M colleague’s day by remarking how… Read More
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Despite rumours to the contrary, Abbie Chatfield will not be replacing Carrie Bickmore on the Carrie and Tommy drive show on the Hit Network while The Project host goes on extended leave with her family in the UK.An SCA spokesperson set the record straight, dismissing the rumours as “completely untrue,” and telling Radio Today “Carrie will… Read More
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