The end game approaches for HT&E

Welcome to a midweek edition of Unmade. Today we examine the latest financial update from HT&E, parent company of Australia’s top radio company ARN.

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HT&E’s journey may be nearly over

Listening to yesterday’s annual results investor call, there was a sense that as a company HT&E may be about to reach its final form.

A decade ago, APN News & Media, as it was then, was a muddled media conglomerate. It owned half stakes in two different outdoor companies; owned regional newspapers in Queensland and NSW (which was where the company had its roots as Australian Provincial Newspapers); and owned half a radio network.