Paper Emperors

Paper Emperors
Authors
Young, Sally
Publisher
NewSouth
Tags
history
Date
2019-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
8.70 MB
Lang
en
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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.