Sir Frank Packer

A Biography

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This absorbing biography traces the newspaper career of Frank's father R.C. Packer from Hobart and the outback to the founding of Smith's Weekly in 1919. Overshadowed by his brilliant father, Frank was an academic failure at school and a mediocre cadet reporter. Despite his own lack of promise as a journalist, Frank came to rule the Australian media landscape with an iron fist.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-19
Mått:176 x 250 x 19 mm
Vikt:720 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:265
Förlag:Sydney University Press
ISBN:9781743323823

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Mer om författaren

Bridget Griffen-Foley is professor of media at Macquarie University and the director of the Centre for Media History.

Recensioner i media

‘It is as full a measure of a colourful Australin tycoon’s life and times as I have read … much warmer and more intimate than any of the biographies that have been written of the global media entrepreneur, Rupert Murdoch.’

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction 1. Napoleon’s debut2. His father’s footsteps3. Little Frankie’s wanderings4. El Dorado5. The young master6. Mansions and mêlées7. ‘Political harlots of Mammon’8. Jekyll and Hyde9. Powerbroking10. Treading on corns11. Rumours12. Setting sail13. Toasting victory14. The sound of one man clapping15. The king is deadChronologyEndnotesBibliographyIndex