Samantha Armytage gets call from ARN as it plots life after Kyle and Jackie O

April 2, 2026 — 2:00am

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ARN Media, the company that until recently was the home of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, may be engulfed in legal fights with its star presenters, as they push to get paid out the remainder of their $200 million deal.

But ARN chief executive Michael Stephenson appears to have other things on his mind. The former Nine salesman has been sounding out a number of big names across the Australian media business in an effort to defibrillate the company’s program slate – and arrest the company’s plummeting share price.

The latest big-name talent to receive a call from the company is the Seven Network’s former Sunrise co-host Samantha Armytage, according to two sources familiar with the approach. Armytage is host of The Golden Bachelor, broadcast by Nine Entertainment, publisher of this masthead.

Apparently the parties have yet to meet, one of the sources said, and there haven’t been any formal discussions over a deal. Still, Armytage becomes the latest in a string of big names who ARN has kicked the tires on over a possible contract, as it develops “several new shows”. ARN and Armytage declined to........

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