Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has moved its media account, which is thought to be worth in excess of $10million, to GroupM agency Maxus.
The radio network sat with the Dentsu Aegis Network agency Carat for five years, but will begin working with Maxus as of 1 July. Carat was not involved in a competitive process to retain the SCA business.
An SCA spokesperson said: “Carat has been a fantastic media partner for SCA. However, after five years of working with Carat, we are starting a new chapter and look forward to working with the team at Maxus from July 1.”
According to Nielsen, SCA had a media spend of $8.6 million in the past 12 months, from April 2016 to March 2017, but AdNews understands the total media spend is in excess of $10m.
A Carat spokesperson says: "They’ve been a valued client and media partner of ours to date and we obviously wish them all the best in the future."
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All agencies declined to comment.
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