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Wikiscanner reveals that APN has edited their own page to direct more traffic to their websites, and incorrectly points to UBD (a type of drilling) instead of what I presume was meant to be pointing to a non-existant article about "UBD InfoRed Directories". I'm going to remove these changes citing Wikipedia:Conflict of interest BigBrownChunx 07:41, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 September 2019

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No consensus to move, after extended time for discussion. I would suggest revisiting in another six months or so to see if new sources represent a change in the situation. bd2412 T 04:09, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

– The holdings of ARN and and HT&E are now largely identical (with the main exception being Conversant Media) following the announcement that HT&E would be closing Gfinity Esports Australia this year. This article is primarily concerned with the former APN News & Media and it would be much more suitable to have it concerned with the historical organisation (akin to the articles on Provincial Newspapers (QLD) Ltd and Fairfax Media). The current ARN article can easily be altered to include other HT&E holdings. DilatoryRevolution (talk) 13:35, 8 September 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Steel1943 (talk) 16:40, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. APN News & Media for historical (mainly print assets) business, and HT&E for the present business encompassing ARN. -- Ham105 (talk) 14:47, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The articles appear to be about exactly the topics they claim to be about, complete with website links to the current extant websites for HT&E and ARN respectively. The HT&E page does have some of the history for APN brands that are no longer under the umbrella, but that's more just a list at the moment, and the topic also covers entities such as Conversant Media, Emotive and Unbound Group, which are not part of the radio group but the wider HT&E empire. — Amakuru (talk) 14:56, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- You make a good point that HT&E does not solely include ARN and that an article on HT&E should include information on the wider business. However, this article currently does not cover anything concerning Emotive or Unbound and contains only a single link to anything associated with Conservant Media. That bullet point and the sentence about the Adshel sale are really the only elements of the article that aren't more directly related to APN than HT&E. Following a move the new HT&E article (currently the ARN article) could be expanded to include other aspects of the business, as it is currently (aside from its introductory paragraph) primarily a list of assets owned by ARN. 122.202.11.16 (talk) 07:04, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 29 September 2022

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It was proposed in this section that multiple pages be renamed and moved.

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Not moved per consensus below. Thanks and kudos to editors for your input; everyone stay healthy! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 23:49, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Not moved per consensus below. Thanks and kudos to editors for your input; everyone stay healthy! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 23:49, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

– The holdings of ARN and and HT&E are now largely identical (with the exceptions being CODY Out-of-Home and Emotive, which are only mentioned as bullet points in the HT&E article). There isn't much point in having both articles largely covering the same topic. The current ARN article can easily be altered to include other HT&E holdings. The HT&E article used to concern APN News & Media before the sale of many of that entity's assets. It would serve more of a function as an article concerned with the historical organisation (akin to the articles on Provincial Newspapers (QLD) Ltd and Fairfax Media). Please note that I previously proposed this three years ago but no consensus was reached. -DilatoryRevolution (talk) 12:06, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The logic doesn't hold up for me. HT&E is a successor company of APN News & Media and ARN is a division of HT&E. It doesn't make sense to remove the APN New & Media history from HT&E; it's how the company evolved into what it is today (if this were a merger/acquisition/divestment situation, I might view it differently). The majority of HT&E's current business may be ARN, but it has a distinct identity and there seems to be enough reliable coverage to support an independent article. If the concern is about too much ARN information being in the HT&E article, that can be handed by some judicious editing and a "See also" note better than through moves and renames. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 14:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We wouldn't have to remove the APN New & Media history from HT&E. However, much of the history has been deleted from the article in the last three years. This can be re-added after the move.

What is the distinction in their identity exactly? As far as I am aware, the only differences are CODY Out-of-Home and Emotive, which form a miniscule part of its identity. The rest of the article is overlap.--DilatoryRevolution (talk) 02:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per my point above, last time. This page is about Here, There & Everywhere, the company. And ARN is about the broadcasting company. So the articles are still titled more or less correctly (although I'm not entirely keen on the new "ARN (Australian radio)" name...) — Amakuru (talk) 14:54, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My point is not that there is overlap between the two articles as they stand. Do we need both articles? Is there anything about ARN that can't be covered in the HT&E article? What would serve a purpose as a second article would be an "APN News & Media" , which is what the HT&E article was once titled, article. -DilatoryRevolution (talk) 02:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge proposal

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The result of this discussion was merge. DilatoryRevolution (talk) 12:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I propose merging ARN (Australian radio) into ARN Media. There is significant overlap between the two articles. -DilatoryRevolution (talk) 07:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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