Old school media stocks bounce back on the Unmade Index

Tim Burrowes

February 4, 2026 4:55

Australia’s two most linear media stocks outperformed the Unmade Index on Wednesday.

ARN Media, owner of the Kiis and Gold radio networks, improved by 2.6%. And Southern Cross Austereo, owner of Triple M and Hit radio networks, along with the Seven TV network and The West Australian newspaper, came back up by 2.4%.

Meanwhile, the biggest fall for a locally based player came for Vinyl Group which lost 4.6%. Nine gave back some of its gains since agreeing to buy outdoor player QMS, losing 1.2%.

The Unmade Index ended Wednesday on 456 points, a loss of 0.22% for the day.

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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