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Kerry, the younger son demonstrates more interest and a better business mind than his older brother Clyde. Although the newspapers are losing money, Frank does not want to sell them to Rupert. However Kerry's main interest is with magazines and television, so when his father falls ill, he sells the newspapers to Rupert.
- Frank’s Early Triumphs
- Dominating Television
- King Kerry
- Betting The House
The deal with Denison prohibited Frank Packer and Theodore from starting a new newspaper for three years. Theodore went back to his goldmines in Fiji, in partnership with Packer and the controversial Melbourne business figure John Wren, among others. After considerable indecision Packer started a new women’s periodical, whose driving force was one ...
While Frank’s stewardship of the Telegraphwas mediocre in financial terms, it mattered less because the company had made the important corporate step into television. Packer succeeded in securing one of the two original commercial licences in Sydney, and his TCN-9 was the first station to go to air in 1956. His key success, however, was in securing...
Frank died in May 1974. His older son Clyde had so badly fallen out with him that he had emigrated to America and was leading a sort of right-wing hippie lifestyle supported by his business investments. Kerry’s inheritance was an empire probably worth around $100 million. Just as importantly, it included almost unassailable strategic assets: the mo...
When Kerry died in 2005, he was said to be the richest man in Australia. According to the business magazine BRW, his son James inherited $6.5 billion. In contrast to Kerry’s inheritance, however, James received assets whose value had already peaked. James was determined to move the empire out of media and into casinos. He saw that media stocks were...
Jun 6, 2023 · Clyde, Kerry, their lawyer and some employees (including David McNicoll and journalist Donald Horne) showed up at Anglican Press around 7 pm on 7 June and demanded entry. The new receiver told...
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Jun 3, 2010 · On this night in 1960, thugs bankrolled by Rupert Murdoch violently evicted Clyde and Kerry Packer and some of their lieutenants from a printing press both companies coveted, after the Packers had forcibly and illegally taken possession of it.
Whilst Rupert Murdoch explores newspaper opportunities in England, the Packer heirs Clyde and Kerry circle each other, until the final fight over who will end up running the Packer empire. Read more. EPISODE 2 • 90m. Cast. Lachy Hulme. Patrick Brammall. Luke Ford. Alexander England. Maeve Dermody. Heather Mitchell. Genres. Drama. Historical Drama.
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story: With Lachy Hulme, Patrick Brammall, Luke Ford, Alexander England. The true story about the life and Times of Channel 9 owner and millionaire Kerry Packer.
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May 18, 2014 · The infamous confrontation between Clyde and Kerry Packer and Francis James and Murdoch forces at the Anglican printery in 1960 was depicted in Power Games. I now fantasise about a prequel to Power Games, one that would include the fisticuffs between Frank Packer and Ezra Norton at Randwick Racecourse in 1939. What would Sir Frank think of all ...
