News Summary:
Billionaire Kerry Stokes stepped down as chair of Southern Cross Media Group Limited, the combined Seven West and SCA company, on February 19, 2026. Heith Mackay-Cruise, formerly chair of SCA, replaced Stokes, who had served as interim chairman of SCA and prior to that, chairman of Seven West Media for over 14 years. Previously, on February 16, comedic duo The Inspired Unemployed announced their podcast's return to LiSTNR in April. Earlier, on February 11, 2DayFM launched '2Day Secret Set', a new live music concept delivering surprise intimate performances in unexpected Sydney locations, led by the station’s Nath & Emma Breakfast Show. This followed SCA's appointment of Matthew O’Reilly as Head of Broadcast Content – Audio on February 10, after a successful six-month interim tenure, with the company confirming other key senior roles to strengthen its content leadership team. On February 3, LiSTNR announced the official launch of KICBump, a parenting podcast from the team behind KICPod, as a standalone weekly show, marking the KIC brand’s expansion within the digital audio landscape.
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