Newspaper Ownership In Australia
1996
Press Ownership in Australia
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| Media Organisation | Owned By | Newspapers | Magazines | Television |
| News Limited |
Murdoch Family, up to 30%. |
67.4%, 7 papers, of capital city and daily titles; 48.8%, 76 papers, of metropolitan and suburban titles; 22.2%, 5 papers, of regional dailies; 4.9% of Fairfax; The Australian, Herald-Sun, Telegraph-Mirror, Courier Mail, Advertiser, West Australian, Hobart Mercury. |
26.2% of all titles; New Idea, TV Week (with Packer), That's Life, Girlfriend, TV Hits. |
14% of Channel 7; joint owner, with Telstra, of Foxtel; |
| Fairfax |
Brierley Investments - purchased from Conrad Black, December 1996, 25%; BT Australia, 11-15%; PBL (Packer), 14.9%; Rupert Murdoch, 4.9%. |
21%, 3 papers, of capital city and daily titles; 16.4%, 21 papers, of metropolitan and suburban titles; 15.2%, 3 papers, of regional dailies; Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Financial Review. |
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| Kerry Packer |
Kerry Packer |
14.9% of Fairfax. |
47% of all titles; Women's Day, Women's Weekly, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, New Weekly, Dolly, Picture, House & Garden, People, She, The Bulletin. |
45% of Channel 9; 5%, with option of 20%, of Optus Vision. |
Source: The Age, 5-10-96, pA25.
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