Sorry, yes, I stand corrected. I knew that Nine and Fairfax had merged, but I forgot who owned what between Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 17:53, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The influential Australian media family in this case is--or should I say > was--the Packer family. Nine merged a few years ago with Fairfax, who owns > Murdoch's main competition in Melbourne and Sydney and is the only major > newspaper owner in the country besides Murdoch. Murdoch's only TV holdings > are the Foxtel cable/satellite system, which includes Sky News Australia, > or Fox News Channel with an accent. He did have some other TV holdings for > a while a long time ago. > > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 2:29 PM John Edwards <jedward...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Did they insert a monkey playing cymbals? That would have been an >> improvement over Nine's morning shows.... >> >> It's worth pointing out that Nine is owned by Rupert Murdoch, so that may >> have made it an attractive target for the hackers, particularly if they >> feel that Murdoch's news operations are steering Australian policy against >> China. >> >> John >> >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 11:51, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Nine Network, one of the two commercial networks in Australia that >>> dominate the ratings in that country, suffered a weekend cyberattack that >>> affected their news and current affairs departments and wreaked havoc on >>> live programming on Sunday (including their morning show "Today") and the >>> news department's web site: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/australias-channel-nine-suffers-cyber-attack-disruption-to-live-broadcasts >>> >>> Nine says that it may take weeks for its news operations to return to >>> normal. Besides "Today" and the flagship 6 p.m. regional newscasts, the >>> net's best-known news/current affairs product includes the nightly tabmag >>> "A Current Affair" (inspiration for the American series of the 80s) and >>> their version of "60 Minutes," which has stayed on the air despite >>> ViacomCBS (owners of competing Network 10) only renewing the title and >>> format rights and not the rights to use stories from the American version. >>> >>> Some believe that the Chinese government may be involved in the >>> hack--the two counties have not been on speaking terms as of late. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a235eab6-9e4b-4c7b-af4d-d6b75cad812bn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a235eab6-9e4b-4c7b-af4d-d6b75cad812bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Edwards >> "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against >> incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2B_NT1gb9EhkEHp2LYJc%2Br-FDi4gLMhJCj45dLBPBu_iA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2B_NT1gb9EhkEHp2LYJc%2Br-FDi4gLMhJCj45dLBPBu_iA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-VQLh06v_siASvSbJCAVKyKTKqRF%3Dr7ot%2BPYOCF9qQcQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-VQLh06v_siASvSbJCAVKyKTKqRF%3Dr7ot%2BPYOCF9qQcQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMKvA0%3D6SZe%3D8OX_YxYrZpW3-0s-4Ccgz3R3tEGqC2QqQw%40mail.gmail.com.
