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APN
DMG
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This chronology is indicative only.
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Context
is provided by the broader communications and media timeline
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beginnings
1923 Reg Grundy born in 1923
1947 becomes freelance sports commentator for Sydney radio
station 2SM
1957 hosts Wheel of Fortune game show on radio
1959 Wheel of Fortune moves to television
Grundy production house
1960 Grundy Enterprises production house founded
1974 Class of 74
1977 Prisoner
1977 Grundy co-produces ABBA: The Movie
1978 Grundy Enterprises becomes Grundy Organisation
1979 Grundy opens office in Los Angeles
1979 Reg Grundy moves to Bermuda
1995 Grundy World Wide sold to Pearson
in 1995 for est $384m (later sold to RTL
(under Bertelsmann control)
when Pearson offloads Fremantle production arm
1995 Reg Grundy acquires SEA FM radio group for $66m
2000 RG Capital Radio floated in 2000
2002 ntl sells NTL Australia (Australian
broadcast arm, with over 578 towers) for $850m to a consortium
led by Macquarie Bank
Regional Media and the DMGT deal
2004 Regional Media takes over RC Capital Radio
2004 ntl sells UK broadcast unit
to a consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure
Group (MCG) for £1.27bn
2004 UK Daily Mail & General Trust group (DMG)
announces sale of its 57 Australian regional radio stations
to Regional Media for $193.5m
2005 Regional Media sells stations in Coffs Harbour, Kempsey
and Orange
2005 BBC Broadcast (channel management
and creative services arm) sold to Macquarie Bank consortium
for £166m, becomes Creative Broadcast Services
2005 Macquarie Media Group agrees to buy Taiwan Broadband
Communications for $1.19bn
2006 Macquarie Media pays
$165m for 13.8% stake in Southern
Cross Broadcasting
2007 buys American Consolidated Media (40 newspaper titles
in nine regions in Texas and Oklahoma) for US$102m
2007 Macquarie Media and Fairfax
Media announce joint $1.35bn acquisition of Southern Cross
Broadcasting, with Macquarie gaining selected assets
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