The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire

Abstract

Acknowledgments vii..Abbreviations x..List of illustrations and tables xii..Timeline xiii..Preface xiv..1 'This gang of respectable thieves' 1..2 Miracle magazine, 1932 - 1934 20..3 Guarding the crown jewels, 193 - 1936 38..4 Thoroughly modern, 193 - 1938 56..5 'Arm yourself, but keep your head', 193 - 1940 75..6 There will always be a Telegraph, 194 - 1942 89..7 Power through popularity, 194 - 1945 115..8 A birthright invaded, 194 - 1949 145..9 A corporate octopus curtailed, 195 - 1953 178..10 Pig Iron Frank, 195 - 1957 209..11 Dividing the spoils, 195 - 1962 231..12 Wheeling and dealing, 196 - 1967 258..13 Selling the plantation, 196 - 1974 282..Appendix 1 Weekly women's magazine circulations, 193 - 1974 299..Appendix 2 Sydney morning newspaper circulations, 193 - 1972 300..Appendix 3 Sydney Sunday newspaper circulations, 194 - 1972 301..Appendix 4 Australian Consolidated Press Walkl