Media Ownership Update
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Media Ownership Update Prepared by the Melbourne office of the Communications Law Centre Research by Bruce Shearer Sources Australian Broadcasting Authority Ownership of Australia's Broadcast Media (ABT June 1992) B&T Yearbook (1993) Margaret Gee (1993) StationStation Planning Branch of the Department of Transport and Communications, Canberra Report of the Senate Select Committee on Television Equalisation. Checks with various media companies and industry organisations, including Australian Broadcasting Authority and Regional Dailies of Australia Audit Bureau of Circulation List of Tables Table 1: Commercial Television Licences................................................................................. 6 Table 2: Audience Reach (Television).........................................................................................8 Table 3: Commercial Radio.......................................................................................................... 9 Table 4: Audience Reach (Radio)..............................................................................................13 Table 5: Ownership of Capital City and National Daily Newspapers.................................14 Table 6: Sunday Newspaper Ownership................................................................................. 15 Table 7: Capital City and National Newspaper Ownership Shares.................................... 15 Table 8: Sunday Newspaper Ownership Shares....................................................................15 Table 9: Regional Daily Papers..................................................................................................16 Table 10: Regional Dailies Ownership Shares.........................................................................17 Table 11: Metropolitan and National Weeklies Ownership................................................... 17 Table 12: Suburban Newspaper Ownership Shares................................................................17 Table 13: Ownership Shares Overall.......................................................................................... 17 Table 14: Australia's Top Twenty Publishing Companies......................................................18 Table 15: Major Magazine Ownership........................................................................................15 Table 16: Major Magazine Ownership Shares..........................................................................20 Table 17: Pay TV Licences ...........................................................................................................20 Table 18: MDS Licences..............................................................................................................21 © Communications Law Centre, 1994 Communications Update ♦ 5 ♦ February 1994 Table 1 Commercial Television Licences NOTE: Where significant individuals or groups are associated with the controlling interest or have a major shareholding, their name is given in parenthesis in column 3. Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIA Metropolitan Metropolitan ATN 7 Amalgamated News Ltd 14.9%, ATV10 Television & Telecasters TNQ TV Ltd. 40% Television Services Telstra Corp 11%, (Melbourne) Pty. Ltd. (100% owned by TNQ Ltd.), Pty. Ltd. AMP Society 5.1% CGS Shareholding 15% National Mutual Life 4.3%, (Netherlands BV (Canwest MLC Life Ltd. 3-8%, Global Communications State Authorities Super (Issy Asper))), Audant annuation Board ofNSW 3-3%, Communications Ltd. 15% Westpac Custodian (Robert White), Bellshaw Pty. Nominees Ltd. 2.7%, Ltd. 10% (John Singleton), (Remainder below 1% ea.) Corom Pty. Ltd. 10% (Jack Cowin), Liebler Media TCN 9 TCN Channel 9 Nine Network Australia Ltd. Holdings 5% (Isi Leibler) Pty. Ltd, (Kerry Packer) GTV 9 General Television Nine Network Aust. Ltd. TEN 10 Television & Telecasters TNQ TV Ltd. 40% Corporation Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Packer) (Sydney) Pty. Ltd. (100% owned by TNQ Ltd.), CGS Shareholding 15% HSV 7 HSV Channel 7 Pty. Ltd. News Ltd. 14.9%, (Netherlands BV (Canwest Telstra Corp 11%; Global Communications AMP Society 51% , (Issy Asper))), Audant National Mutual Life 4.3%, Communications Ltd. 15% MLC Life Ltd. 3.8%, (Robert White), Bellshaw Pty. State Authorities Super Ltd. 10% (John Singleton), annuation Board ofNSW 33%, Corom Pty. Ltd. 10% (Jack Westpac Custodian Cowin), Liebler Media Nominees Ltd. 2.7%, Holdings 5% (Isi Leibler) (Remainder below 1% ea.) Regional NSW Regional VIC (ApprovedM arket 'D') BKN Broken Hill Spencer Gulf AMV Prime Television Prime Television Ltd. (Broken Hill) Television Ltd. Telecasters Ltd. (87.32%) (Albury/ Victoria TV Pty. Ltd. (Paul Ramsay) (Sturrock Family) Wodonga) MTN Lochfield Consultants Broadcast Media Group BCV Victorian Broadcasting Southern Cross (Griffith) Pty. Ltd. (W.J. & P.Y. Gerahty, (Bendigo) Network (1983) Pty. Ltd. Communications Ltd. Macquarie Bank) (Diverse shareholding) NBN NBN Ltd. NBN Enterprises Pty. Ltd. GLV Victorian Broadcasting Southern Cross (Newcastle) (Washington H. Soul (LaTrobe Valley) Network (1983) Pty. Ltd. Communications Ltd. Pattinson) (Diverse shareholding) NEN Prime Television Prime Television (Holdings) STV Mildura Television Victoria Ltd. (ENT (Tam worth/ (Northern) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Paul Ramsay) (Mildura) Television Pty. Ltd. Ltd. Bruce Gordon 19.2%) Taree) VTV Television Victoria Ltd. Associated Broadcasting. NRN (1) KC TV (N o.l) Pty. Ltd. KC TV Ltd. (Gail Road (Ballarat/ Services Ltd. (ENT Ltd. (Coffs Harbour/ Pty. Ltd. 42.5%0- Cowin 80%, Shepparton) Bruce Gordon 19 2%) Nth East NSW) K. Stokes 20%), Aceinc Pty. Ltd. 42.5% (Stokes), TNQ 15% QUEENSLAND (1) Consolidated with RTN on 8.5.91. Metropolitan AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY/STHN NSW BTQ7 Brisbane TV Ltd. News Ltd. 14.9%, (APPROVED MARKET C) Telstra Corp 11%; AMP Society 5.1%, CYC Australian Capital Chagrin Pty. Ltd. National Mutual Life 4.3%, (Canberra) Television Pty. Ltd. (Charles Curran) MLC Life Ltd. 3.8%, TEN Group Ltd. CTNQ) State Authorities Super CBN (1) Prime Television Prime Television (Holdings) annuation Board of NSW 3.3%, (Southern NSW) (Southern) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Paul Ramsay) Westpac Custodian Nominees Ltd. 2.7%, WIN WIN Television TWT Holdings Ltd. (Remainder below 1% ea.) (Southern NSW) NSW Pty. Ltd. (Bruce Gordon) (1) RVN consolidated with CBN 9.12.91 Continued on Page 7 .. February 1994 ♦ 64 Communications Update ... Continued from Page 6 Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s QTQ 9 Queensland Nine Network Australia Ltd. WESTERN AUSTRALIA Television Ltd. (Kerry Packer) Metropolitan ATV10 Television & Telecasters TNQ TV Ltd. 40% (Melbourne) Pty. Ltd. (100% owned by TNQ Ltd.), NEW 10 West Coast Chartreuse Pty. Ltd. CGS Shareholding 15% Telecasters Ltd. (Curran) (Netherlands BV (Canwest TEN Group Ltd. (TNQ) Global Communications STW 9 Swan Television & Sunraysia Television Ltd. (Issy Asper))), Audant Radio Broadcasters (Eva Presser) Communications Ltd. 15% Ltd. (Robert White), Bellshaw Pty. Ltd. 10% (John Singleton), TVW 7 TVW Enterprises Ltd. News Ltd. 14.9%, Corom Pty. Ltd. 10% (Jack Telstra Corp 11%, Cowin), Liebler Media AMP Society 5.1%, Holdings 5% (Isi Leibler) National Mutual Life 4.3%, MLC Life Ltd. 3-8%, Country QLD State Authorities Super annuation Board of NSW 3-3%, ITQ Mount Isa Telecasters North (Mount Isa) Television Pty. Ltd. Queensland Ltd. Westpac Custodian (L & K Freedman, Nominees Ltd. 2.7%, M & J Anthony, B. Sherman, (Remainder below 1% ea.) A. Peschar) Regional W.A. Regional QLD (ApprovedMarket A') GTW Geraldton 135 Nominees Pty. Ltd. RTQ WIN Television Qld WIN Properties Pty. Ltd. (Geraldton) Telecasters Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Stokes & Andrew (Rockhampton/ Pty. Ltd. (Bruce Gordon) Cohen) Regional Qld) ^ SSW Golden West Australian Capital Equity P/L STQ Sunshine Television Sunshine Broadcasting (Bunbury/ Network Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Stokes & (Nth Qld) ® Network Ltd. Network Ltd. Albany/ Andrew Cohen) (Diverse Shareholding) Sth West TNQ Telecasters North Suspirium Pty. Ltd. & Great Sthn) CTownsville/ Queensland Ltd. (L & K Freedman, VEW Mid-Western 135 Nominees Pty. Ltd. Cairns/ M & J Anthony, B. Sherman, (Kalgoorlie) Television Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Stokes & Andrew Mount Isa) A. Peschar) Cohen) (1) RTQ consolidated with DDQ 24.4.91. (2) MVQ/SEQ to be consolidated as STQ 14.9.92. TASMANIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA Metropolitan Metropolitan TVT6 Tasmanian Television ENT Enterprises Pty. Ltd. ADS 10 Television Caprice Pty. Ltd. Ltd. (Bruce Gordon 19.2%) Broadcasters Ltd. (Curran) TEN Group Ltd. CTNQ) Regional TAS NWS 9 Southern Television Broadcast Investments Corporation Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Lamb Family) TNT Southern Cross Southern Cross SAS 7 South Australia News Ltd. 14.9%, (Launceston/ Television Communications Ltd. Telecasters Ltd. Telstra Corp 11%; Nth East) (TNT 9) Pty. Ltd. (Diverse shareholding) AMP Society 5.1%, National Mutual Life 4.3%, MLC Life Ltd. 3-8%, NORTHERN TERRITORY State Authorities Super annuation Board of NSW 3-3%, NTD8 Territory Television Nine Network Australia Ltd. Westpac Custodian (Darwin) Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Packer) Nominees Ltd. 2.7%, (Remainder below 1% ea.) Regional S.A REMOTE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LICENCES GTS Spencer Gulf J.M. Sturrock Pty. Ltd. WAW Golden West Satellite Golden West Network (Port Pirie/ Telecasters Ltd. (Sturrock Family) (Western Zone) Commu nications Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Stokes Spencer Gulf Pty. Ltd. & Andrew Cohen) North) Aboriginal & Torres Strait RTS Riverland Television Murray