Stokes hired Cronin as editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers after he bought the paper in 2008.
After the interview aired – and Weekly Beast heard it in full – we noticed it had been deleted from the 6PR website.
A few days later Cronin returned to the airways to clarify, correct and apologise to Stokes. The original interview was reposted with the offending material edited out.
We can’t repeat the potentially defamatory part of Cronin’s interview but we can tell you he said he was worried about concentration of media ownership, pointing to Stokes owning the West Australian, the Sunday Times, PerthNow and the Seven network, on top of his regional and suburban assets.
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Share He’s a competitor, absolutely. Will they just go out and do the same thing when he’s back on air next week? Absolutely. Work harder, said the executive.
Despite the slide, Fordham still sits atop in the Sydney radio ratings.
Hot pursuit: Meanwhile, the Wendy Harmer [pictured in March] and Robbie Buck-hosted breakfast show on ABC Radio has climbed 0.5 points to a 13.2% share
Winners and losers: 2GB s Ben Fordham (left) has come out on top in the latest Sydney radio ratings. Meanwhile, 2Day FM s Morning Crew, hosted by Erin Molan (right), Dave Hughesy Hughes and Ed Kavalee, has suffered a ratings backslide