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Nine text messages that reveal how the Bruce Lehrmann saga unfolded in the media

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Who is Kim Williams, the new chair of the ABC?

Let’s look at the history of the former News Corp and Fox executive who will replace Ita Buttrose as head of the national broadcaster.

Crikey

Aunty gets a new boss, while Aussies look abroad for news

Briefs this week sees a new boss christened at the ABC, while the national broadcaster remains in turmoil over the sacking of Antoinette Lattouf.

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'Absolutely independent': Kim Williams named ABC chair

The prime minister has named former News Limited chief Kim Williams as the new chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, replacing Ita Buttrose.

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The Murdochs sell stories. But what of those they tell themselves?

The beguiling impact of stories — of power lust, of patriotism — has always left an indelible mark on the Murdoch family, and on the world as a whole.

Crikey

Rupert Murdoch: how a 22-year-old 'zealous Laborite' turned into a tabloid tsar

In September 1953, Rupert Murdoch arrived in sleepy Adelaide to take up his inheritance of News Limited. He was only 22 and had little experience of working at a newspaper, let alone running one, but his family had inherited a majority stake in the company following the death of Rupert’s…

The Conversation

Young Rupert Murdoch and the ‘poison pen’ trial that hauled him to court

Half a century before the Dominion lawsuit, Rupert Murdoch’s first turn in the witness box offered a sign of empires to come.

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Attacks on Dan Andrews are part of News Corporation's long abuse of power

Sane people trying to fathom the Herald Sun’s bizarre coverage of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews over the past few days might be helped by some insights from the founding of News Limited, the company on which Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation empire has been built and of which the Herald Sun…

The Conversation

The first biography of Lachlan Murdoch provides some insights, but leaves important questions unanswered

The title of Paddy Manning’s The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch tells us what is good and not so good about this biography.

The Conversation

'Highly exaggerated': experts debunk Morrison government claim of 53,000 fewer jobs from coal and gas ban

In an analysis recently released to News Limited newspapers, the Morrison government claims banning new coal and gas projects in Queensland would risk 53,000 jobs and A$85 billion in investment.

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