Media Unmade – Chapter 20: Hard Stuff

Welcome to the latest Unmade podcast. Today’s edition features another extract from the audio edition of my book, Media Unmade, which is published by Hardie Grant and available online and in book stores.

In today’s chapter, Nick Chan – the man who could have turned around the (mis)fortunes of Bauer Media in Australia – falls out with his German masters and abruptly walks away.

His successor Paul Dykzeul sets about the cost cutting and “hard stuff” needed to get the company back on track before heading into retirement.

And new CEO Brendon Hill opens the door to consolidation. Seven West Media, fighting to cut its debt pile, agrees in late 2019 to sell Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media.