PremiumUpdatedMedia Insider: Stuff fails in bid to acquire MediaWorks radio firm; Lachlan Murdoch’s company in line - reportShayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·6 Aug, 2026 06:01 AM4 mins to read‌Simon Barnett and Lana Cochrane-Searle host MediaWorks' More FM breakfast show. Simon Barnett and Lana Cochrane-Searle host MediaWorks' More FM breakfast show. News publisher Stuff has missed out on acquiring radio firm MediaWorks, according to an Australian report.

Stuff – whose bid for the radio company was only rumoured and had been kept under public wraps until now – was advised this week that it had been unsuccessful, according to The Capital