Paper Emperors
The Rise of Australia's Newspaper Empires
Published on 1. March 2019
448 pages
978-1-74224-447-1 (ISBN)
Description
Before newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force. This magisterial book reveals who owned Australia's newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, it explains how Australia's media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties. The book begins in 1803 with Australia's first newspaper owner-a convict who became a wealthy bank owner. Throughout the 20th century, Australians were unaware that they were reading newspapers owned by failed land boomers, powerful mining magnates, gangsters, bankers, and corporate titans.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One: The Foundations
- 1. The first days of the Australian 'fourth estate'
- 2. The rise of newspapers
- 3. The age of press empire building
- Part Two: The Owners
- 4. Hugh Denison: Australia's first newspaper emperor
- 5. 'Who owns the owners of the Herald?': The kingdom of Collins House
- 6. The real story of the birth of News Limited
- 7. Keith Murdoch: Journalist, kingmaker, empire builder, puppet?
- 8. Keith Murdoch: Newspaper owner
- 9. 'Never trust Sydney newspaper proprietors'
- Part Three: The Battles
- 10. The press, Joe Lyons and the Depression
- 11. A friend in office and a falling out
- 12. Capturing the airwaves: Newspapers, radio and the ABC
- 13. Emperors of air
- 14. Paper and cable cartels
- 15. 'Killing me': Menzies and the press
- 16. Menzies' downfall
- Postscript
- Appendix: Biographies of key newspapers
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
