{"id":12176,"date":"2021-06-14T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?p=12176"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T00:42:06","slug":"ep25-sen-with-craig-hutchison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/ep25-sen-with-craig-hutchison\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Be Mates Podcast &#8211; EP25 -SEN with Craig Hutchison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we are talking with Craig Hutchison. Konrad Marshall from the Sydney Morning Herald summarised \u2018Craig\u2019 as\u2026<\/p>\n<em>Craig Hutchison or Hutchy as he is known as is chief executive and majority shareholder of the Sports Entertainment Network, a company he created 15 years ago as a tiny PR agency named Crocmedia, which later morphed into a prolific creator of syndicated sports radio content and is now a byzantine beast that owns and operates 21 radio stations across Australia, with broadcast rights to the AFL, NRL, soccer, cricket, basketball and more.<\/em>\n<p>With about $70 million in annual revenue, it has turned this country boy and university dropout into a millionaire media mogul.<\/p>\n<p>His portfolio is busily diversifying, too, including TV production (Rainmaker) and talent (Bravo Management), boutique events (Ballpark Entertainment) and publishing (AFL Record).<\/p>\n<p>It also now, inevitably, owns part of a sporting team (National Basketball League club Melbourne United). After more than a decade of incremental acquisitions and mergers, Hutchison has built a national sports media empire \u2013 from scratch, by stealth.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about SEN at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sen.com.au\/\">SEN.com.au<\/a>\n<p>You can learn more about MATE internet and mobile plans at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/\">www.LetsBeMates.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, subscribe to hear the latest episode each week on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLtB2IBPctgRyPoHXuSjxI69wige960qmP\">Youtube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/lets-be-mates\/id1515660324\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/19NrBZU8C2C4q25CbnQQgE\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yMTM4NGU1OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D\">Google Podcasts<\/a> or your favourite podcast player!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Be Mates Podcast - EP26 - SEN with Craig Hutchison\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fK18Gyfmgeg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we are talking with Craig Hutchison. 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