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Kyle and Jackie O’s demise is proof that Melbourne is culturally superior to Sydney
Melburnians’ discerning taste has brought down a Sydney rating juggernaut, and the rest of the country should be grateful.
- Kate Halfpenny
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‘Kyle will definitely sue’: Sandilands and ARN face ugly legal stoush
Sources said Sandilands is preparing to sue his employer if the company sacks the controversial broadcaster.
- Michael Lallo
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- CBD
Karl Stefanovic holds talks with ARN over possible FM radio move
ARN Media, which employs Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, has held informal talks with Karl Stefanovic’s camp over jumping ship. But no agreement has been reached.
- John Buckley
- Opinion
- Opinion
Don’t dance on Kyle and Jackie O’s grave – they were the best thing on radio
There is no word other than sneering to describe the generally inner-city, ABC-listening critics of FM radio’s most successful duo.
- Michael Koziol
Why Jackie O decided it was time for a change, and what comes next
The end came suddenly. But for those watching closely, there were signs Jackie O may have had enough of her professional pairing with Kyle Sandilands.
- Karl Quinn and Michael Lallo
- Opinion
- Kyle Sandilands
Jackie O enabled the misogyny of Kyle Sandilands. Inevitably, he turned on her
Prime ministers and premiers have pandered to bottom-shelf vulgarian Sandilands. It’s hard to feel too much sympathy for his co-host when she endured one of his on-air sprays.
- Jacqueline Maley
- Opinion
- Opinion
Kyle and Jackie O: Radio’s biggest train wreck delivers a silver lining
The spiking of the duo’s $200 million contract raises questions about the wisdom of KIIS FM network owner ARN’s decisions to bet the farm on the pair.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Analysis
- Analysis
The four words that destroyed a decades-long partnership
For 27 years Jackie O has stood beside Kyle Sandilands but success built on chemistry is inevitably doomed.
- Michael Idato
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- Radio ratings
Kyle and Jackie O break-up not ‘engineered’ says source, staff ‘overjoyed’ at implosion
The decision to end The Kyle and Jackie O Show was not deliberately engineered by KIIS-network owners ARN, senior company sources have said after the pair’s new $200 million contract had contributed to hundreds of staff losing their jobs.
- Michael Lallo, Karl Quinn and Calum Jaspan
- Analysis
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Kyle and Jackie O’s disintegration may be the biggest bust-up in Australian media – ever
The show had succeeded for years, but its entry into Melbourne on a $200 million deal proved the beginning of the end for the duo’s distasteful radio show.
- Stephen Brook