Seven West merger looks a done deal

Tim Burrowes

April 11, 2011 6:17

Kerry Stokes plan to bring together Seven Media Group and West Australian newspapers looks almost certain to go ahead after WAN shareholders voted in favour of the plan.

A statement from Seven Group said:

11 April 2011 — Seven Group Holdings Limited (SGH) today welcomed the decision by shareholders in West Australian Newspapers Holdings (WAN) to support the acquisition of Seven Media Group to create Seven West Media.

Seven West Media (SWM) will be Australia’s leading publicly listed media company with a presence in broadcast television, radio, newspaper publishing, magazine publishing and online.

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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.