It’s official. The band is getting back together…
Packer said: “It is good to be back in the free-to-air television industry. I am confident in the future of free-to-air and of Network Ten.”
Murdoch said: “I am pleased to be joining the board of Ten Holdings. I look forward to working collaboratively with the company on its multichannel strategies and working with the other directors to grow value for all of the company’s shareholders.”
Stephen Bartholomeusz wrote in Business Spectator yesterday: “If one were into conspiracy theories, the incestuous nature of Australian media ownership would create instant paranoia.”
Paranoid? Who, us? Some commentators think so. One in particular accused Crikey of being “nutjob paranoid” about the Murdoch dominance of our media.
Nut job or not, we think it’s worth continuing to ask questions of the incestuous nature of media ownership in this country, starting with the anti-siphoning report that’s set to come out of Communication Minister Stephen Conroy’s office any day now…
Watch this (shrinking) space.
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