{"id":163734,"date":"2025-11-28T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163734\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:48:09","slug":"lauren-joyce-to-exit-arn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163734\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Joyce to exit ARN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to several well-placed sources, Mediaweek understands the Australian Radio Network\u2019s (ARN) Chief Audience and Content Officer Lauren Joyce has been made redundant.<\/p>\n

Joyce was part of ARN\u2019s public response to the Australian Communications and Media Authority\u2019s (ACMA) proposed new licence conditions<\/a> linked to The Kyle & Jackie O Show and its $200 million talent deal with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie \u2018O\u2019 Henderson.<\/p>\n

Unless successfully challenged, the ACMA ruling would see any program involving the pair operate under tighter licence conditions for five years, including a requirement to comply with clause 2.2 of the Commercial Radio Code covering the respectful treatment of callers and on-air participants.<\/p>\n

Joyce told Mediaweek in a recent interview<\/a> that the proposed conditions had driven an intentional recalibration of the show\u2019s content. \u201cWe have pared back some of that more extreme content,\u201d she said, describing it as part of a broader tightening under intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n

On the ongoing investigation, she stayed on script: \u201cWe respect the regulator and the Commercial Radio Code of Practise and our responsibilities as a licence holder, and we will provide a formal response in due course as part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed further, Joyce declined to elaborate. \u201cIt\u2019s not appropriate for us to discuss those details at this stage. We will continue to engage with ACMA on this and formalise a statement when appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melbourne results and the $200 million question<\/p>\n

Joyce has also been central to ARN\u2019s positioning around the performance of the Melbourne extension of The Kyle & Jackie O Show,<\/a> nearly two years after the high-profile talent deal was signed.<\/p>\n

However, as Mediaweek understands, Joyce was not instrumental in either the crafting or the signing of the deal.<\/p>\n

In Survey 7, Melbourne breakfast slipped from 6% to 5.5%,<\/a> with cume easing from 427,000 to 402,000. Joyce emphasised that the numbers needed to be viewed in context: \u201cThe station as a whole, and that breakfast lot, is still very much within the historical range of that station.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyle and Jackie O on stage at the ARN Upfronts<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re right, the show went down slightly, but the station went up slightly\u201d she said. \u201cWe do know that we\u2019re delivering a solid product down there and absolutely we have a job to do to attract more listeners to breakfast and then translate that across the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joyce stressed ARN\u2019s commitment to the long-term play: \u201cWe will continue to support the show to deliver the best content that they can and, of course, the combination of both on-air and off-air marketing to attract new audiences to the station.\u201d<\/p>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n

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