About Us

APN News & Media is one of the most stable and well-positioned media companies in the Asia-Pacific. The company operates a broad portfolio of businesses across five countries. APN listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1992 and listed on the New Zealand Exchange in June 2004. Publishing APN has a stable of daily and non-daily newspapers across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, its newspapers service the fastest growing region in the country: Queensland and northern New South Wales. In New Zealand, APN operates the country's largest metropolitan daily, The New Zealand Herald, which has been published since 1863, as well as a number of top-ranking regional and community newspapers and mass market magazines. APN also operates major printing businesses, as well as a market leading security plastics company. Radio APN is Australasia's largest radio broadcaster, with investments in 12 metropolitan radio stations in Australia and 105 radio stations in New Zealand. Its radio division, the Australian Radio Network (ARN), is owned in an equal joint venture with Clear Channel Communications, the most successful radio broadcaster in the United States. ARN's Australian stations have strong positions in the important 25-54 demographic through the Mix and Classic Hits programming streams. The New Zealand stations include the ratings leaders in each of the important markets of Auckland and Christchurch. Outdoor Advertising APN is Australia's market leader in the dynamic and fast-growing outdoor advertising sector, with the leading operators in each of the major outdoor categories: street furniture, transit, and supersites. APN also operates outdoor businesses in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia.