Cash, contra and five-star hotels: Kyle Sandiland’s gold-plated contract revealed in legal battle with Kiis FM | Weekl

The shock jock is suing ARN Media after it tore up his contract over his on-air behaviour towards co-host Jackie O. Plus: The Australian’s Instagram fail Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here When the federal court lifted a restriction on access to Kyle Sandilands’ full $100m contract it gave us a rare peek into the minutiae of the extraordinary deal between the shock jock and the broadcaster Kiis FM. The deal lies in tatters, of course, after ARN Media tore it up and alleged that Sandilands had breached his contract by repeatedly berating colleagues including Jackie “O” Henderson and the audience on air. Sandilands is suing to be paid out the remaining $85m after he was taken off air a little more than a year into the 10-year deal. Highlights of the document marked “confidential exhibit” include that Sandilands demanded a car parking space at the Kiis FM studio in North Sydney but when he was broadcasting from Melbourne he expected airport transfers in a Mercedes Sprinter. Return business air fares and a suite at a five-star hotel were mandatory, on top of a flight allowance of $120,000 a year payable at $10,000

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