Nine sells Weatherzone to US-based insights company DTN

October 1, 2019 3:12

Nine is selling weather information provider, Weatherzone – which it inherited as part of the Fairfax takeover – to DTN, a US-based insights, analysis and decision-support solutions firm.

Nine CEO Hugh Marks said it was a “mutually beneficial deal” which saw it lose a “non-core business”.

Nine inherited Weatherzone through its merger with Fairfax Media

“We are pleased to have successfully completed a deal with DTN for the sale of Nine’s 75% holding in Weatherzone,” Marks said.

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Zoe Wilkinson

Zoe Wilkinson was a reporter at Mumbrella and the producer of the Mumbrellacast from March 2019 to May 2021.

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DTN Hugh Marks Nine Nine Fairfax merger Steve Matthesen Weatherzone

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Nine sells Weatherzone to US-based insights company DTN

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