Macquarie Media: landmarks
Landmarks
This chronology is indicative only.
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It covers -
- beginnings
- Grundy production house
- Regional Media and DMGT deal
Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.
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
2007 buys American Consolidated Media (40 newspaper titles in nine regions in Texas and Oklahoma) for US$102m
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