This may also be part of the commemorative project. Australian personTo commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication, it was postponed to mid-July to coincide with the first edition on July 15, 1964.
Paul Whittaker arrives at a party hosted by Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch in Sydney in 2019. james alcock
When Mr. Murdoch is free to act, what he will say is completely unpredictable. Take a look at his brief presence on his X, formerly known as Twitter. He shared his thoughts on world leaders, policies, and even the occasional policy. wall street journal Trivia (“Can Foreign Policy Make Donald Trump a Trump? I got a 6 out of 6 on this quiz”).
“I’m banning you from tweeting for the next 10 days or forever. Feel like the luckiest, happiest man in the world,” Murdoch wrote on March 5, 2016. This was his last tweet, aside from a few nonsensical replies to random accounts over the next year.
Somewhere, unedited full-length footage of Murdoch being interviewed by Boris exists somewhere. This may be one of the last interviews he gives in his 90s (though, to be fair, he could live another 10 years; his mother is 103 years old). deceased).
The interview shows Mr Whittaker is close to Mr Murdoch, which is crucial in News Corp’s succession plans. And we wait.
In other news…
Over the past two years, members of the powerful free-to-air lobby group Free TV have clinically and equally carefully argued for the legal prominence of their apps on connected TVs. I’ve been doing it. The government seems to agree that Seven, Nine, Ten, ABC and SBS apps must be downloaded in advance and installed on your home screen first.
So when publisher Nine brought this up, there was outrage behind the scenes. Australian Financial Reviewsubmitted a separate submission to the government last week, essentially saying that its streaming platform, Stan, should also be included on that list. Other networks pointed out that this undermined their argument, pointing out that free-to-air networks are different, unique, and special. Nine claims Stan is Australian, broadcasts Australian content and is owned by an Australian network.
Mike Sneesby, CEO of Nine and former CEO of Stan, clearly has a strong interest in the platform. It is understood that Free TV chairman Greg Hywood called last week to express his regrets about the change in approach. A parliamentary committee will convene Mr Sneesby, Seven’s James Warburton and Paramount’s Bev McGarvey to make their case on February 23. McGarvey and Warburton certainly do not support Stan’s participation.