Talk:News Corp Australia

The following paragraph is WRONG. When Murdoch/News owned TV stations ( mid 1970s to late 1980s ), the "cross-media ownership law" was not in existence. The old law was, nobody could own more than 2 TV stations, therefore it was not possible to own a national network of stations in all major cities. The Fairfax newspaper company owned 2 stations ( 7 in Sydney and Brisbane ) and the HWT newspaper business also owned 2. Those TB stations were owned in the cities where they had papers. Murdoch also owned 2 stations in the cities where he had papers. The "cross-media ownership law" was introduced after Murdoch sold out his TV stations in Australia.

Murdoch's desire for dominant cross-media ownership manifested early—in 1961 he bought an ailing Australian record label, Festival Records, and within a few years it had become the leading local recording company. He also bought a television station in Wollongong, New South Wales, hoping to use it to break into the Sydney television market, but found himself frustrated by Australia's cross-media ownership laws, which prevented him from owning both a major newspaper and television station in the same city. Since then he has consistently lobbied, both personally and through his papers, to have these laws changed in his favour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.6.159 (talk) 14:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Removed the statement at the end of the final sentence reading "that received very little coverage" due to the dead link to the SMH. If someone wants to revert this edit, please ensure the link is valid, referenced correctly, and conforms to the wiki guidelines on non p.o.v. editing and neutrality. (203.6.146.5 (talk) 00:47, 21 March 2013 (UTC))Reply