View Media Group

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View Media Group
Company type Private company
IndustryMedia and Information Services
Founded2022
FoundersAntony Catalano
Alex Waislitz
Headquarters65 Gwynne Street, ,
Australia
Key people
Antony Catalano (CEO)
BrandsView; Beevo; Propic; AD Group; thetoday.business;
Website www.viewmediagroup.com.au

View Media Group (VMG) is an Australian real estate digital media and technology services business comprising a suite of property technology (proptech) assets, headquartered in Melbourne. [1] [2]

Proptech assets within the group include consumer portals (View.com.au, [3] [4] [5] [6] & Apartments & Developments), ad tech (Acquire), lead generation, lead management services, media planning and buying (The Today Business), generative AI services (Propic) and propensity models.

History

View Media Group was founded in August 2022, as a privately held company previously registered as IMP [7] .VMG is owned by 20 Cashews Pty Ltd, an entity which is jointly owned 50% by Antony Catalano and 50% by Alex Waislitz’s private Thorney Investment Group and the publicly listed Thorney Opportunities Ltd. [8]

In 2022 VMG acquired the proptech companies The Today Business (TTB), [9] [10] and AD Group [11]

Following launch, Seven West Media via its Seven West Ventures subsidiary and ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ANZ), [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] obtained equity in VMG. The combined investment from all parties saw the total cash and media spend available to VMG of over $100 million. [9]

Catalano and Waislitz also share joint ownership of Australian Community Media (ACM). [18]

In September 2023, VMG launched a real estate portal, view.com.au. [6]

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References

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  2. "Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz announce the launch of View Media Group (VMG) and investment from Seven West Media". View Media Group (Press release).
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  6. 1 2 "View Media Group launches new real estate portal to rival Domain and REA - with free listings for vendors". 7News . 27 September 2023.
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  11. "Antony Catalano's View Media Group acquires apartments and developments marketing and tech company AD Group" . Canberra Times . 2 November 2022.
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  13. "ANZ went house hunting at Domain, bought at View Media" . AFR . 2 February 2023.
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