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newspaper article		Abbott should back media change rules in Australian Financial Review [Editorials] (16/03/2015) p.42 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: [editorial] PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Supporting Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull's push to 'liberate' Australia's media ownership laws, but worries that some established media companies are against the laws as they won't favour them. Notes: in the Media Australia. 2015 clippings file More info
journal article		The airways belong to you? in Lumiere (March-April, 1972) iss.14 p.28-29 Author: Webb, Dan PhysDes: Article Subject: BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; LEGISLATION. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; PUBLIC BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA Summary: An address given to the Television Society in Melbourne by Dan Web on the increasingly restricted ownership of the mass media in Australia and how it compares to the US. More info
		Australia's media monopolies Camberwell VIC: Widescope, 1977. Author: McQueen, Humphrey Place: Camberwell VIC Publisher: Widescope PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 218p ; bibl Subject: OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Donation: Henry Mayer Collection More info
book		Australian commerical television : 1986-1995 Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996. Call No: 201.3(94) AUS Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xxi, 206 pages ; 25 cm Series: Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics; report 93 Subject: INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING. TV. AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: This report addressses the structure and financial performance of the commerical television industry over the past decade. It complements BTCE's 1993 Report 83 Elements of Broadcasting Economics which dealt with general economic aspects of broadcasting and the performance of commercial radio. It is hoped that the information in this report will provide useful background to the contemporary reviews of television policies under section 215 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 -- taken from Foreward ISBN: 0644362979 ISSN: 10344152 Contents: Foreword -- Abstract -- Executive summary -- Overview of commercial television -- Ownership and control of Australian commercial television -- A financial analysis of commercial television -- Determinants of television advertising revenue -- Television programming -- Appendix: Data underlying the financial analysis in chapter 2, An econometric model of television advertising demand -- References -- Abbreviations More info
newspaper article		A broader media landscape in The Australian (24/02/2016) p.11 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Day, Mark PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL TELEVISION Summary: A detailed roundup of the changes in Australian media law that occured and what effects it will have in regards to issues like ownership, the reach rule, and regional television More info
newspaper article		CBS is the real drama in the battle for control of Ten in AFR Weekend (2/09/2017) p.25 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Patrick, Aaron -- Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: CBS; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM; NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION Summary: Reporting on the ramifications of a takeover of the Ten Network by US owned CBS, with some background on CBS's operations and its owner Summer Redstone More info
book		Commercial media in Australia : economics, ownership, technology and regulation / Allan Brown St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1986. Call No: 205.2(94) BRO Author: Brown, Allan Place: St Lucia, Queensland Publisher: University of Queensland Press PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: xii, 240 p. ; 22 cm. Series: University of Queensland Press scholar's library Subject: MEDIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; RADIO AND TV. AUSTRALIA; PRESS AND TV; OWNERSHIP AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: This book is intended for teachers and students of courses on media and communications at tertiary institutions, as well as for the general reader with an interest in Australian media policy. It revises and updates my PhD thesis, which was submitted at the University of Queensland in 1981. As far as possible the discussion is non-technical, and plain English has been used instead of economic jargon. The study is contained, however, within a theoretical framework which defines the nature of the economic analysis of the Australian media industries and which provides the basis for the examination of policy issues. Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0702218391 Contents: 1. Economics of Newspaper Publishing -- 2. The Australian Newspaper Industry -- 3. Economics of Broadcasting -- 4. The Australian Radio Broadcasting Industry -- 5. The Australian Television Broadcasting Industry -- 6. Cross-Media Ownership and Control -- 7. Technological Developments in Television -- 8. Options for Change ID2: 357 More info
newspaper article		Content will play key role say networks in Sydney Morning Herald (25/10/2016) p.20 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS.AUSTRALIA Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: TELECOMMUNICATIONS.AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. USA Summary: Report on the proposed bid of American based telecommunications company AT&T looking to purchase Time Warner and how telecommunications companies are looking to get involved more directly with media companies. Discussion about companies with Australian interests such as Optus and Telstra with quotes from several execuitves from major media companies such as Seven West Media, Prime Media, Network Ten, and Southern Cross Notes: similar reprint in The Age, Australian Financial Review More info
book		Corporate cannibals : The taking of Fairfax / Colleen Ryan & Glenn Burge Port Melbourne: Mandarin Australia, 1993. Call No: 19 FAI RYA Author: Ryan, Colleen -- Burge, Glenn Place: Port Melbourne Publisher: Mandarin Australia PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: x,459p.,[16]p. of plates : ports. ; 20cm. Subject: FAIRFAX; PACKER, KERRY; NINE NETWORK; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; MURDOCH, RUPERT Notes: Includes index ISBN: 1863302492 Contents: Prologue -- Battling the bondholders -- Warwick faces failure -- The end of a dynasty -- The sharks are circling -- Malcolm heads to court -- A touch of the blarney -- The Savoy: Tourang is born -- The politics of print -- The launch of Tourang -- The Packer factor -- A dash to Ireland -- Courting Canberra -- Goodbye Trevor -- Tourang under siege -- Packer hits back -- Goodbye Malcom -- Goodbye Kerry -- The battle for Broadway -- The bid deadline -- And the winner is... -- Epilogue More info
newspaper article		Crossbench warms to media reforms in The Australian (8/05/2017) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Davidson, Darren -- Crowe, David PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; LICENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the likelyhood that the Federal government will table reforms to exisiting media law. These reforms will significantly change the operations and ownership of Australian media companies More info
newspaper article		Discovery Communications walks from Channel Ten auction in Australian Financial Review [Companies and Markets] (23/03/2015) p.13 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NETWORK TEN; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS; FOXTEL; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Discovery Communications won't buy assets of Ten Network holdings. Foxtel considering whether to continue to be part of the consortium to takie control of Network Ten. More info
book		The discussion paper on review of broadcasting regulation : a critique / report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. Call No: 205.1(94) HOU Author: Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure; Saunderson, John Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: 42 p. ; 25 cm Series: Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; no. 194/ 1989 Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; LICENSING LAWS. AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT CONTROL, TV. AUSTRALIA Notes: Also titled Review of broadcasting regulation : discussion paper ISBN: 0644105984 Contents: Summary -- Scope of the legislation -- Objectives of the Act -- Planning of services -- Allocation of licenses -- Program content -- Performance review -- Sanctions -- Ownership changes -- legalism and inquiry procedures and the appeals process More info
book		Economic aspects of broadcasting regulation Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1991. Call No: 205.23(94) BUR Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Govt. Pub. Service PubDate: c1991 PhysDes: xxiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series: Report (Australia. Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics) ; 71 Subject: BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The report presents the findings of an economic study into the effectiveness and efficiency of the main elements of broadcasting regulation in Australia. The study focused on three principal areas of regulation, namely: licensing and other restrictions to entry into the industry; limits on ownership and control of licences; and programming standards." - taken from abstract Notes: Report of a study led by Franco Papandrea. -- AGPS cat. no.: 9115736. -- Bibliography: p. 259-268 ISBN: 0644220503 Donation: donated by Mick Counihan Contents: Foreword -- Abstract -- Summary -- Introduction -- Australian broadcasting and its regulation -- Profile of the Australian broadcasting industry -- Licensing of broadcasters -- Ownership and control -- Program standards and other program regulations -- Costs and effects of program standards -- Efficiency of regulatory arrangements and proposals for change -- Appendix -- Broadcasting regulation overseas -- Ownership of Australia's broadcast media, as at June 1986 and June 1991 -- Television regulation and programming schedules -- Regulation and audience size -- Austrlaian drama development scheme More info
book		Future directions for commercial television : volume 1: report / Department of Communications Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Call No: 201.3(94) DEP Author: Australia. Department of Communications. Forward Development Unit Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 121 p. ; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL TV. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING. AUSTRALIA; LICENSING LAWS. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL TELEVISION; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA Summary: Department of Communications report on the Government's announced intention to proveed to the progressive equalisation of broadcasting services, and how this will effect both "network" and "regional" television services ISBN: 064442648 Donation: donated by Mick Counihan Contents: Introduction -- Approaches to equlisation in regional areas -- Sample scenarios -- Structural issues - Program distribution arrangements -- Structural issues - owndership or control -- Financial implications of equalisation -- Planning issues -- Additional services for remote areas -- Policy issues arising from equalisation More info
newspaper article		Gordon expands media empire with Nine stake in Australian Financial Review (21/10/2015) p.13 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; WIN CORPORATION Author: White, Dominic -- Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; WIN CORPORATION; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; NINE NETWORK Summary: Report on Bruce Gordon's purchase of shares in the Nine Entertainment group, which many believe was done as he predicts the federal government to relax rules on ownership and the reach of tv stations in Australia More info
newspaper article		Gordon holds a strong hand in the game of media poker in Australian Financial Review (21/10/2015) p.18 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; WIN CORPORATION Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; WIN CORPORATION; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; NINE NETWORK Summary: Report on Bruce Gordon and his purchasing of shares in the Ten and Nine networks and how this puts him in a strong position if the federal government scraps the current ownership and reach rules More info
newspaper article		Labor and Greens sanators still oppose media reform in Sydney Morning Herald (08/11/2016) p.19 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Battersby, Lucy PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Reporting on the position of the Australian Labor and Green parties in regards to the discussion around media reform, in particular looking at the 'two out of three rule' More info
newspaper article		McLennan refuses to be rushed on Ten review in Australian Financial Review (4/05/2015) p.35 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Executive Chairman of Ten Network Holdings Hamish McLennan talks about the state of the company after the latest poor financial figures and their improved TV ratings. Notes: located in the Network Ten. 2010- clippings file More info
newspaper article		Media bill in hands of crossbench in Australian Financial Review (07/11/2016) p.27 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the latest attempts to change existing media laws by the Australian federal government and why it needs approval from the Senate crossbench to pass More info
newspaper article		Media companies soar ahead of vote in Sydney Morning Herald (8/08/2017) p.23 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Battersby, Lucy PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Summary: Many Australian media company share prices have risen in anticipation of news that the long held media restrictions will be lifted. Some commentary from various media bodies and the Federal Communications minister Senator Mitch Fifield on the look and impact the new laws may have More info
newspaper article		Media could face major shake-up in Sunday Age [-] (7/05/2017) p.4 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Hawthorne, Mark PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; LICENCES. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the federal government announcment of major reforms to Australia's media, which will most likely see large changes in Australia's media ownership and operations More info
newspaper article		Media law reform is overdue in The Age [Editorials] (24/02/2016) p.18 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: [Editorial] PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL TELEVISION Summary: Editorial about the developments from the Australian government regarding media laws and regulations More info
newspaper article		Media ownership changes overdue in Australian Financial Review [Editorials] (9/05/2017) p.38 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Author: None PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Criticising the media reforms that are being bought in by the government More info
newspaper article		Media reform could lead to hasty hook-ups in The Age (02/03/2016) p.34 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Commentary on the proposed Australian media law changes and how that will effect the businesses of Australia's commercial media, particularly in regards to mergers and ownership More info
newspaper article		Media reform deadline looms : Labor sticks to its guns as panel calls for updated submissions in The Australian (22/09/2016) p.19 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Mitchell, Jake PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the push by commercial media companies to have federal laws allowing for more mergers and the abolishment of the population reach rule. Mention of subscription network Foxtel hoping for the removal of the anti-siphoning sports laws. Opposition political party Labor looks as ifd it will block any changes if tabled in parliament More info
newspaper article		Media's call to action in Herald Sun (1/06/2017) p.4 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Bickers, Claire PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; INTERNET AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Heads of the Australian commercial tv networks and other major media met with the Prime Minister to discuss the possibility of media reforms More info
newspaper article		Murdoch's choice: save or kill Ten in Australian Financial Review (1/05/2017) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Patrick, Aaron and Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NEWS CORPORATION; NETWORK TEN; MURDOCH, RUPERT; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; PURCHASE OF FILMS AND PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA Summary: An investigation into the reports that the Ten Network is very close to receivership and the implications this might have for its major investors and whether this might benefit some of the investors (in particular News Corporation) and how changes to broadcasting regulations may impact the Ten Network More info
newspaper article		Murdoch's failure to launch Fox here in The Saturday Paper (7/10/2017) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SKY NEWS Author: Seccombe, Mike PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SKY NEWS; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report looking at Sky News in Australia and how it's right wing point of view shows are fairing on Australian TV More info
newspaper article		News Corp remains coy on Australian acquisitions in Australian Financial Review (11/05/2017) p.27 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NEWS CORPORATION Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION Summary: Looking at the possibility of News Corporation attempting to purchase media companies in Australia in wake of the recent flagged changes to ownership laws More info
newspaper article		News move to increase stake in Foxtel will trigger ACCC interest in Australian Financial Review (23/03/2016) p.25 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; FOXTEL Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NEWS CORPORATION; FOXTEL; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will look into any moves by News Corporation purchasing any further stake into Foxtel. Some discussion of the reasons why this purchase might be part of a public offering with Sky television More info
newspaper article		Nine board directors put up the barricades as Gordon swoops on 13pc of network in The Australian (21/10/2015) p.19 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; WIN CORPORATION Author: Davidson, Darren -- Friedmann, Gretchen PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: WIN CORPORATION; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; NINE NETWORK; GORDON, BRUCE Summary: Report on Bruce Gordon after he purchased a 13 percent stake in Nine Network, which puts him in position to try to take over the network if the federal government abolishes the reach rule and ownership laws for the free to air networks More info
newspaper article		Nine sells Southern Cross stake in Saturday Age (01/10/2016) p.5 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NINE NETWORK; SOUTHERN CROSS; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report of the sale by Nine Entertainment of its shares in Southern Cross Austereo More info
newspaper article		Nine wooed Fairfax over $3.3b merger in Australian Financial Review [Marketing & Media] (04/04/2016) p.29 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: The Turnbul government has proposed the abolition of the 2 out of 3 rule and generally loosening media owbership restrictions. Rumours of a merger between Nine Entertainment anf Fairfax Media are discussed. More info
newspaper article		No second TV option for News Corp in Australian Financial Review (30/08/2017) p.15 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Patrick, Aaron -- Stensholt, John PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; NETWORK TEN; NEWS CORPORATION Summary: News Corporation will most likely be unable to try to purchase another commercial network in Australia if they cannot get Network Ten More info
newspaper article		One Nation seeks Qld deal in media laws in Australian Financial Review (5/06/2017) p.29 Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Australian political party One Nation is looking to influence discussions on the Federal government's push for media reform. Their support would help the government push the reforms through the Australian Senate More info
book		Party games : Australian politicians and the media from war to dismissal / Bridget Griffen-Foley Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2003. Call No: 411.1 GRI Author: Griffen-Foley, Bridget Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: Text Publishing PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: [xi], 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: MEDIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; MENZIES, ROBERT; MURDOCH, KEITH; PACKER, FRANK; MURDOCH, RUPERT Summary: "In 'Party games' Bridget Griffen-Foley takes us from the birth of the public relations industry and its triumphant reinvention of Robert Gordon Menzies to the Liberal implosion of the early seventies; from the king-making efforts of Frank Packer to Rupert Murdoch's contentious role in the Dismissal. Describing the pivotal interventions of press barons and politicians in each other's business, she shows how politicians learnt to use the media while the media were learning to shape government..." -- Book cover Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [270] - 284 ISBN: 1877008648 Contents: Introduction -- 1: The Melbourne men: Bob Menzies and Keith Murdoch -- 2: Personality politics: Menzies versus Evatt -- 3: Blue suede shoes: politicians discover television -- 4: The Labor ward: the Fairfax dynasty and the 1961 election -- 5: The utility men: The Packers and New South Wales politics -- 6: King-making: Frank Packer, Alan Reid and the Liberal leadership -- 7: Barrackers, brokers and backers: the media and the 1972 election -- 8: King-breaking: Rupert Murdoch and the dismissal -- Epilogue More info
newspaper article		PM looks at proposal to relax media ownership in Canberra Times (14/03/2015) p.9 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Knott, Matthew PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: The Prime Minister ihas received a submission from Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull to relax the media ownership laws in Australia. Notes: located in the Media Australia. 2015 file More info
newspaper article		Politicians cling to old media laws in Australian Financial Review (14/06/2017) p.46 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Editorial PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; NETWORK TEN; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Editorial on the state of Australian media ownership laws, with a focus on the current financial woes hampering the Ten Network More info
newspaper article		Pressure as Ten posts $264m loss in Australian Financial Review (01/05/2015) p.13 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Lynch, Jared -- White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; NETWORK TEN Summary: Report on Ten Network Holdings large financial loss and its hope that their successful programming might bring a stop to this situation. Some background on the government position on the 'reach rule' regarding ownership and the license fees that the Australian TV networks must pay. Notes: clipping located in the Network Ten 2010- file More info
newspaper article		Project for Ten Network relies on deregulation in The Australian (15/06/2017) p.15 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Editorial PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Opinion piece on the regulations in place for media ownership in Australia and why this is the reason the Ten Network is in financial dire straits More info
newspaper article		Regional TV firms up ante on reform in The Australian (27/11/2015) p.21 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Author: Mitchell, Jake PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the large media companies proposed actions on the upcoming media reforms that have been mooted for some time. The media companies are worried that no decision will be made before parliament ends for the year More info
newspaper article		Regions running scare campaign, says Seven in Australian Financial Review (6/07/2015) p.36 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Author: Mason, Max PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Discussion around the state of Australian media, mainly around ownsership, the reach rule, regional television, advertising on SBS, and the government's position on these issues. CEOs from Seven West Media and Southern Cross Austereo are quoted Notes: located in the MEDIA AUSTRALIA. 2015- file More info
book		The rise and rise of Kerry Packer / Paul Barry Sydney: Bantam, 1993. Call No: 81PAC BAR Author: Barry, Paul Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Bantam PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: xv, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING LTD; NINE NETWORK; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT CONTROL, TV. AUSTRALIA; PACKER, KERRY; PACKER, JAMES; PACKER, FRANK; MURDOCH, RUPERT; BOND, ALAN; HAWKE, BOB Notes: Includes endnotes, bibliographical references (p. [526]-528) and index ISBN: 1863590757 More info
newspaper article		Scoring points beats media policy in Australian Financial Review [Editorials] (30/08/2017) p.38 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Editorial PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; CBS; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM; NEWS CORPORATION; NETWORK TEN; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Criticising the purchase of the Ten Network by the foreign owned CBS and of the politicians who have applauded the move More info
newspaper article		Seven CEO pushers for licence fee removal in AAP Newswire (07/03/2016) p.- Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SEVEN NETWORK Author: Condie, Stuart PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SEVEN NETWORK; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; LICENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Seven West CEO Tim Worner is pushing for the federal government to remove licence fees for commercial broadcasters More info
newspaper article		Share win in media shake-up in Daily Telegraph (9/05/2017) p.35 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Trute, Peter -- Silk, Marty PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the strong performance by Australian commercial broadcasters on the news of media reforms to be enacted More info
newspaper article		Ten confirms Foxtel is eyeing strategic stake in The Australian (28/04/2015) p.21 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Sinclair, Lara PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: FOXTEL; NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Foxtel is looking to take a stake into the Ten Network. Some background is given to the financial state of affairs into the Ten Network and some of the potential buyers of shares into it. Notes: clipping located in the NETWORK TEN. 2010- folder More info
newspaper article		Ten deal could give News Corp 'too much power' in The Age (04/08/2015) p.23 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA Author: Mason, Max -- Stensholt, John PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; NETWORK TEN; FOXTEL; NEWS CORPORATION; SPORT ON TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the proposed 15 per cent stake that Foxtel wishes to take into the Ten Network and its ramifications, particularly around sport coverage on the free to air networks More info
newspaper article		Ten moves first in media shake-up in Australian Financial Review (03/03/2016) p.21 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SOUTHERN CROSS Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN CROSS; NETWORK TEN Summary: Report on Southern Cross Media and Ten Network Holdings holding talks in anticipation of new Federal media ownership laws, which may loosen a number of restrictions on ownership and broadcasting regulations More info
book		Ten Network out of receivership : IO/01/54, February 1992 / a report by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal North Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, February 1992. Call No: 203.518(94) AUS Author: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Source: AT Place: North Sydney Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal PubDate: February 1992 PhysDes: 1 volume (various pagings) ; 30 cm Series: Public Inquiry Report Subject: BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT; BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND TV; NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report covers an inquiry by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal into "the 1991 acquisition, by means of a share transaction, of prescribed interests in the commercial television licenses TEN (Sydney), ATV (Melbourne) and TVQ (Brisbane)" by Television and Telecasters Ltd and Westpac. More info
newspaper article		Ten tunes into Southern Cross as media M&A dance begins in Canberra Times (03/03/2016) p.10 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN CROSS; NETWORK TEN Summary: Report on Southern Cross Media and Ten Network Holdings holding talks in anticipation of new Federal media ownership laws, which may loosen a number of restrictions on ownership and broadcasting regulations More info
newspaper article		Three-way merger would change landscape in Australian Financial Review (04/01/2016) p.16 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: White, Dominic PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NINE NETWORK; FAIRFAX; SOUTHERN CROSS; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA Summary: Speculation that the companies Fairfax Media, Nine Entertainment Co. and Southern Cross may try to merge in 2016 if current media ownership laws are relaxed More info
newspaper article		Turnbull wears media backlash in The Australian (17/03/2015) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Crowe, David PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Summary: Discussion on the proposed media reform that is being led by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and how his stance is being interpreted by the large media companies with an Australian interest. More info
newspaper article		TV chiefs revive bid for media overhaul in The Australian (10/08/2015) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Crowe, David PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL TELEVISION; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the various interested parties who want to influence the Australian Federal government's decision on whether to relax media ownership laws in Australia More info
newspaper article		TV execs renew call for reform of rules in Sydney Morning Herald [BusinessNews] (13/08/2016) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA AUSTRALIA Author: Battersby, Lucy PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: MEDIA AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; LICENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Quotes from Australian commercial tv execuitves and industry lobby groups regarding the potential for a new wave of media reforms from the federal government More info
network ten		Usual rules don't apply to imperfect Ten in Saturday Age [Business News] (29/04/2017) p.10 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NETWORK TEN Author: Knight, Elizabeth PhysDes: Clippings Subject: NETWORK TEN; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Commentary on the precarious situation the Ten Network currently finds itself in and why it's survival could be very important for it's major investors, in particular News Corporation More info
newspaper article		We've waited too long for media law reform in Sydney Morning Herald (07/12/2016) p.18 Call No: SU BJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Author: Editorial PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: FAIRFAX; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Summary: Editorial complaining about the slow movement towards law changes and reforms to media ownership in Australia More info
book		Who killed Channel 9? : the death of Kerry Packer's mighty TV dream machine / Gerald Stone Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2007. Call No: 19NIN STO Author: Stone, Gerald Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: xi, 292 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: NINE NETWORK; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; SEVEN NETWORK; CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; ETHICS AND TV; PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING LTD; PACKER, KERRY; PACKER, JAMES; ALEXANDER, JOHN; MUNRO, MIKE; WENDT, JANA; LECKIE, DAVID; MEAKIN, PETER; GYNGELL, DAVID; NOBLE, KRIS; GRAEME-EVANS, POSIE; BOWER, SUSAN; STEPHENS, JOHN; CRESS, JULIAN; BARBOUR, DAVID; CHISHOLM, SAM; WALEY, JIM; BOLAND, ADAM; LLEWELLYN, MARK; MCGUIRE, EDDIE; LYONS, JOHN; [SIXTY] 60 MINUTES (AT, 1979-); BLOCK, THE [TV] (AT, 2003-); CURRENT AFFAIR, A [TV] (AT, 1971- ); McLEOD'S DAUGHTERS [TV] (AT, 2001-); SUNDAY [TV] (AT, 1981-); SUNRISE [TV] (AT, 2003-); TODAY [TV] (AT, 1982-); TODAY TONIGHT [TV] (AT, 1995-) Summary: Gerald Stone charts the changes that Channel 9 has gone through from 2000 onwards. The book shows reveals that changes within the structure Channel 9's parent company (Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd) had a strong impact on 9's operations and business ethos. ISBN: 9781405038157 More info

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