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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 's Broadcast Media (ABT June 1992) B&T Yearbook (1993) Margaret Gee (1993) StationStation Planning Branch of the Department of Transport and Communications, 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 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 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) () 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 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, () 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 Television Victoria Ltd. (ENT (Tam worth/ (Northern) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Paul Ramsay) (Mildura) Television Pty. Ltd. Ltd. Bruce Gordon 19.2%) ) VTV Television Victoria Ltd. Associated Broadcasting. NRN (1) KC TV (N o.l) Pty. Ltd. KC TV Ltd. (Gail Road (/ Services Ltd. (ENT Ltd. (/ 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% (1) Consolidated with RTN on 8.5.91. Metropolitan AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY/STHN NSW BTQ7 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 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. 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 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 (/ 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. / 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.

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 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 (/ 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 River IMP Pty Ltd Islander Commission (Loxton/ Ltd. Telecasters Ltd. (Central Zone) Renmark) (Scott Family) QQQ Queensland Satellite Telecasters North Qld Ltd. SES South East Scott’s Agencies (North East Television (L. & K. Freedman, (Mt. Gambier) Telecasters Ltd. Pty. Ltd. Zone) M. & J. Anthony, B. Sherman, (Scott Family) A. Peschar)

Communications Update ♦ 7 ♦ February 1994 Table 2 Audience Reach (Television) (Note: 1986 population figures used as 1991 census date is not yet available from ABA) Television Networks/Multiple Licensees

Potential Audience Potential Audience Group Stations (% of Population) Group Stations (% of Population)

The Seven Nework 5 metropolitans 64.5% Capital Television 2 metropolitans 20.39% Ltd. (News Ltd. Holdings Ltd. 1 regional Telstra Corp, (Curran) AMP Society, TWT Holdings Ltd. 2 regionals 13.36% National Mutual Life, (B. Gordon) MLC Life Ltd, State Authority ENT Ltd. 1 metropolitan 7.77% Superannuation Board (Diverse Shares 2 regionals of NSW, Westpac Custodian B. Gordon 19.2%) Nominees Ltd. Telecasters Nth Qld 3 regionals 7.7% (Remainder below 1% ea.)) Ltd. (2) (L.. & K.. Freedman, Nine Network 3 metropolitans 51.39% M.. &J. Anthony, Australia Ltd.(1) 1 regional B. Sherman, A.. Peschar) (Kerry Packer) Southern Cross 3 regionals 7.45% Ten Group Ltd. 3 metropolitans 50.87% Broadcasting (TNQ TV Ltd., Australia Ltd. CGS Shareholdings (Diverse Shareholding) (Netherlands BV - Canwest Global Golden West 3 regionals 1.72% Communications- I.Asper)), Network Audant Communications Ltd, (Stokes & Cohen) (R White),Bellshaw Pty Ltd. (1) Includes Territory Television Darwin as a regional (John Singleton) (2) TNQ audience reach technically totals 78.74% because the Corom Pty Ltd. (Jack Cowin) ABA includes the 51% audience reach of the Ten Group Ltd. of Liebler Media Holdings (Isi Liebler)) which TNQ holds 40% and Capital Television Group of which Prime Network 3 regionals 21.74% Ten Group Ltd holds 50% after taking into account minor (Ramsay) overlaps in audience reach. (3) Constitutes all of WA regional TV

Other Television Licensees Potential Audience Potential Audience Group Stations (% of Population) Group Stations (% of Population)

NBN Ltd. NBN Nthn NSW 8.92% Spencer Gulf GTS Spencer 0.91% (Washington H. Newcastle Telecasters Gulf North Soul Pattinson) (Sturrock) (Port Pirie) & BKN Broken Hill KC TV (N o.l) Pty. NRN Nthn East NSW 8.92% Ltd. (KC TV Ltd. (Coffs Harbour) South East SES South East 0.62% controlled by Jack Telecasters (Mount Gambier Cowin, Kerry Stokes & TNQ) (Scott) RTS Renmark/Loxton) Broadcast NWS 9 Adelaide 7.04% Votraint No.620 MTN 9 Investments Pty. Ltd. 0.43% (Broadcast Media Murrumbidgee (Lamb Family) Group: Irrigation Area Sunraysia STW 9 6.59% W.J. & P.Y. Gerahty (Griffith) TV Ltd. (Presser) & Macquarie Bank)

February 1994 ♦ 8 . Communications Update Table 3

Commercial Radio

Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s

NEW SOUTH WALES 2GF Westlawn Investment Dougherty Family (Grafton) Co. Pty. Ltd.

Metropolitan 2GN Radio 2GN Pty. Ltd. Century Radio Pty. Ltd. (Goulbum) (Kevin Blyton, 2CH Radio 2CH Pty. Ltd. AWA Ltd. Michelle Rayner) (Institutional Investors) NSW Council of Churches 2GGO-FM Wesgo Wesgo Ltd. Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. () Communications (Institutional Investors) Pty. Ltd. 2DAY-FM 2 DAY FM Australia Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (State Govt. Insurance 2GZ Radio 2GZ Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Media Group Commission of SA, (Orange) Pty. Ltd. (P.Y. & W.J. Gerahty, SA Superannuation Fund Macquarie Bank) Investment Trust) 2HD 2HD Broadcasters NSW ALP Branch, 2GB Harbour Radio Ltd. Uniting Church Aust (Newcastle) Pty. Ltd. NSW Labor Council Property Trust NSW (72.1%) 2HL Far West Radio J.C. Curtis & D.G. Tunkin R. Lord (14.9%) (Broken Hill) Pty. Ltd.

2KY 2KY Broadcasters Labor Council of NSW 2KKO Radio Newcastle Knipton Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Newcastle) Pty. Ltd. (H.S. McKensey, M.K. Johns)

2MMM-FM The Village Roadshow Ltd. 2LF Radio 2LF Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Media Group Broadcasting (Kirby Family 51%, Greater (Young) Pty. Ltd. (P.Y. & W.J. Gerahty, Company Pty. Ltd. Union Organisation 33%) Macquarie Bank)

2SM Radio 2SM Pty. Ltd. Wesgo Ltd. 2LM Broadcast Operations (Institutional Investors) (Lismore) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family)

2UE Radio 2UE Lyndeal Pty. Ltd. 2LT Midwest Radio Ltd. Midwest Radio Network Sydney Pty. Ltd. (Lamb Family) (Lithgow) Pty. Ltd. (John McAvoy, 2UW Commonwealth The Australian Broadcasting Corp. Broadcasting Company Roger Coleman) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family) 2MC Mid Coast Whoto Pty. Ltd., 2UUS Wesgo Wesgo Ltd. (Kemps ey) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. G. Greenwood Communications (Institutional Investors) 2MG Mudgee Western Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Mudgee) Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family)

2MO 2MO Gunnedah Tam worth Radio Regional NSW (Gunnedah) Pty. Ltd. Development Co. Pty. Ltd. (Carillon/Higginbotham) 2AAY Radio Albury- Wesgo Ltd. 2MW Tweed Radio and Broadcast Operations (Albury) Wodonga Ltd. (Institutional Investors) (Murwillumbah) Broadcasting Pty. Ltd. 2AD New England Carillon Development Ltd. Company Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family) (Armidale) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Higginbotham Family) 2NEW-FM Newcastle FM Limic Communications 2AY Radio Albury Wesgo Ltd. (Newcastle) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. & Mickylee Pty. Ltd. (Albury) Wodonga Ltd. (Institutional Investors) 2NM Radio Hunter Valley Pty. 2BH Far West Radio J.C.Curtis & D.G. Tunkin (Muswellbrook) Pty. Ltd. Ltd. (Janet Cameron) (Broken Hill) Pty. Ltd. 2NOW Moree Broadcasting & G.J. & B.O. Roberts 2BS Bathurst Broadcasters Camplin Broadcasters (Moree) Development Co. Ltd. (Bathurst) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. 2NZ Northern Moree Broadcasting & 2C-FM Coast Rock FM Sunshine Broadcasting (Inverell) Broadcasters Development Co. Ltd. (Gosford) Pty. Ltd. Network Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (G.J. & B.O. Roberts)

2CS Commercial Radio STR Finance Development 20NE Hayden Nepean Hayden Enterprises (Coffs Coffs Harbour Ltd. (Diverse Shareholding) (Katoomba) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Mike Walsh) Harbour) 2PK Parkes Broadcasting Western Broadcasters 2DU Western Broadcasters Broadcast Operations Ltd. (Parkes) Co. Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family) () Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family) 2QN Rich Rivers Radio Robertson Family 2EC East Coast Radio Grant Broadcasters Pty. (Deniliquin) Pty. Ltd. (Bega) Pty. Ltd. Ltd. (Janet Cameron) Continued on Page 1 0 ...

Communications Update ♦ s w February 1994 ... Continued from Page 10

Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s

2 RE Manning Valley Carillon Development Ltd. 3MMM-FM Melbourne FM Village Roadshow Ltd. (Taree) Broadcasting (Higginbotham Family) Broadcasting (Kirby Family 51%, Greater Pty. Ltd. Radio Pty. Ltd. Union Organisation 33%)

2RG Stylore Pty. Ltd. Diverse Local Investors 3MP Malbend Pty. Ltd. Wesgo Ltd. (Griffith) (Institutional Investors)

2ROX Mid Coast Broadcasters Whoto Pty. Ltd., 3TTT-FM Double T Radio The Australian (Kempsey) Pty. Ltd. G. Greenwood Pty. Ltd. Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family) 2ST South Coast and Grant Broadcasters Pty. (Nowra) Tablelands Ltd. (Janet Cameron) 3UZ 3UZ Pty. Ltd. Radio 3UZ Pty. Ltd. Broadcasting Pty. Ltd. (Numerous Victorian Racing Clubs) 2TM Tamworth Radio Carillon Development Ltd. (Tam worth) Development Co. (Higginbotham Family) Pty. Ltd. Regional VIC 2TTT Tamworth Radio Carillon Development Ltd. (Tamworth) Development Co. (Higginbotham Family) 3BA Radio Ballarat Grant Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Ballarat) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Janet Cameron)

2UUL-FM Associated Assoc. Communication 3BAY-FM Independent Geelong Independent () Commu nicat ion Enterprises (Holdings) (Geelong) (Radio) Ltd. Radio Ltd. Enterprises (2WL) Pty. Ltd. (M. Day & G.N. Handbury) Pty. Ltd. (M. Day; & G.N. Handbury) 3BBO Radio 3BO Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Media Group 2VM . Moree Broadcasting B. O Roberts &.G.J. Roberts (Bendigo) Pty. Ltd. (P.Y. & W.J. Gerahty, (Moree) & Development Macquarie Bank) Co. Ltd. 3CAT Geelong Broadcasters Grant Broadcasters 2WG Riverina Broadcasters Estate E V Roberts. (Geelong) Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Janet Cameron) (Wagga Wagga) Holdings Pty. Ltd. E.S. Roberts, 3CS Enterprise Associated KZFM Radio Pty. Ltd. (Colac) Broadcasters Communications 2WIN-FM 2WIN Radio Pty. Ltd. Wollongong Radio Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd Enterprises Pty. Ltd. (Wollongong) (Bruce Gordon) (M. Day & G.N. Handbury)

2WSK South Coast and Grant Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. 3CV Radio 3CV Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Media Group (Nowra) Tablelands Broadcasting (Janet Cameron) (Maryborough) Pty. Ud. (P.Y. & W.J. Gerahty, Pty. Ltd. Macquarie Bank)

2XL 2XL Pty. Ltd. K. J. Blyton & M.M. Scott 3GG Votraint No. 691 Burl Rose Pty. ltd. () (Warragul) Pty. Ltd. (Local Investors)

2XXX Radio Newcastle Knipton Pty. Ltd. 3 HA Western District Associated (Newcastle) Pty. Ltd. (H.S.McKensey&M.K. Johns) (Hamilton) (3 HA) Broadcasting Communications Pty. Ltd. Enterprises Pty. Ud. 2ZZZ Tweed Radio and Broadcast Operators Pty. Ltd. (M Day & G.N. Handbury) (Murwillumbah) Broadcasting Company (Caralis Family) 3MA Radio 3MA Ltd. Broadcast Media Group Pty. Ltd. (Mildura) Pty. Ud. (P.Y. & W.J. Gerahty, Macquarie Bank)

3NE North East North East Broadcasters Ud. VICTORIA (Wangaratta) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholding) 3SH Associated Associated Metropolitan (Swan Hill) Communications Communications Enterprises 3SH Enterprises Pty. Ud. 3AK Actraint No. 93 Peter Corso Pty. Ltd. (M. Day & G.N. Handbury) Pty. Ltd 3SR Goulbum Valley Goulbum Valley 3AW 3AW Southern Cross Southern Cross (Shepparton) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Broadcasters (A.E. Fairley & Radio Pty. Ltd. Communications Ltd. Pty. U d (M. Day & (Diverse Shareholding) W.G. Handbury))

3EE Greater West Wesgo Ltd. 3 SUN Goulbum Valley Goulbum Valley Television Pty. Ltd. (Institutional Investors) (Shepparton) Broadcasters Broadcasters (A.E. Fairley & Pty. Ltd. Ace Radio Pty. Ud. (M. Day & 3FOX-FM Austereo Ltd. State Govt Insurance W.G. Handbury)) Commission of SA, SA Superannuation Fund 3TR Victorian Broadcasting Southern Cross Investment Trust (Sale) Network (1983) Communications Ud. Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholding) 3KKZ-FM The Industrial Printing E.S. Parker, S. Bitmead & & Publicity Co. Ltd. K C Stone as Trustees for The Industrial Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. Continued on Page 11 ...

February 1994 Communications Update ... Continued from Page 10

Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s

3WM Associated Associated 4KZ Coastal Broadcasters Alice Springs Commercial (Horsham) Communications Commu nicat ions (Innisfail-Tully) Pty. Ltd. Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Enterprises 3WM Enterprises Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholdings) Pty. Ltd. (M. Day & G.N. Handbury) 4 LG Gloweir Pty. Ltd. V.W. & L.J. Blackwood 3YB Regional Ecliptic Pty. Ltd. (Longreach) (Warmambool) Communications (D. & T. Flecknoe & 4LM North Qld North West Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. D.G.S. Anderson) (Mount Isa) Broadcasting Corp. Pty. Ltd. (G. Schmid) Pty. Ltd. QUEENSLAND 4MB Maryborough The Australian (Maryborough) Broadcasting Co. Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family) Brisbane 4MIC North Qld North West Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (G. Schmid) 4BBB-FM B105 FM Pty. Ltd. Austereo Ltd. (Mount Isa) Broadcasting Corp. (State Govt. Insurance Pty. Ltd. Commission of SA, 4MK Barrier Reef Transmedia Holdings Pty. Ltd. SA Superannuation Fund (Mackay) Broadcasting Co. (M. Willesee) Investment Trust) Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Investments 4BC Radio 4BC Pty. Ltd. 4MKY Barrier Reef Transmedia Holdings Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Lamb Family) (Mackay) Broadcasting Co. (M. Willesee) 4BH Queensland Queensland Radio Limited Pty. Ltd. Radio Ltd. (M.L. Stafford) 4QFM Ipswich & West Ipswich & West Moreton Moreton Broadcasting Broadcasting Corporation 4KQ Wesgo Communications Wesgo Ltd. (Ipswich) Pty. Ltd. (Institutional Investors) Corporation Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholding) 4MMM-FM FM 104 Pty. Ltd. Village Roadshow Ltd. (Kirby Family 51%, Greater 4RAM Nessan Pty. Ltd. Transmedia Holdings Pty. Ltd. Union Organisation 33%)) () (M. Willesee) The Australian 4TAB Broadcasting Station Qld TAB 4RO Rockhampton Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. 4IP Pty. Ltd. (Rockhampton) Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd (Albert Family)

Regional QLD 4 RUM Estate of W. Wyper (Bundaberg) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd.

4AK Radio 4AK Pty. Ltd. Broadcast Operations 4 SB Forsby Pty. Ltd. South Burnett Times (Oakey) Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family) (Kingaroy) Pty. Ltd. (A.L. Adams & H.D. &A.C. Collyer) 4AM Far Northern Maranoa Broadcasting () Radio Pty. Ltd. Company Ltd. (R.B. Coomber, 4SEA-FM Sea FM Pty. Ltd. Grant Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. G.J. McVean & A.T. Berry) (Gold Coast) (Janet Cameron)

4BU Bundaberg Estate of W. Wyper 4SS Sunshine Coast Motherwell Pty. Ltd. (Bundaberg) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (M aroochy dor e) Broadcasters Ltd. (Ferris)

4CA Greater Cairns Transmedia Holdings 4 SUN Ausradio Pty. Ltd. A.N. & P.A. Jowitt (Cairns) Radio Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (M. Willesee) (Nth/East Qld)

4CC Capricorn Maranoa Broadcasting 4TO Townsville Transmedia Holdings (Gladstone) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Company Ltd. (Townsville) Broadcasters Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (M Willesee) (R.B. Coomber, G.J. McVean 4VL Pinecam Pty. Ltd. WREB Co-operative Ltd. & A.T. Berry) (Charleville) 4GC North Qld North West Broadcasters 4WK Amalgamated Carillon Development Ltd. (Charters Broadcasting Corp. Pty. Ltd. (Warwick) Marketing Pty. Ltd. (Higginbotham Family) Towers) Pty. Ltd. (G.T. Schmid)

4GGG Gold Coast FM Grant Broadcasters Pty. 4ZR Maranoa R.B. Coomber, G.J. McVean, (Gold Coast) Pty. Ltd. Ltd. ( J a n e t Cameron) (Roma) Broadcasting Ltd. & A.T. Berry

4GR Gold Radio Service The Australian () Pty. Ltd. Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family)

4GY Gympie-Noosa Broadcast Operations (Gympie) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Caralis Family)

4 HI Queensland Regional Maranoa Broadcasting (Emerald) Broadcasting Company Ltd. Pty. Ltd: (R.B. Coomber, G.J. McVean & A.T. Berry)

4 HOT Greater Cairns Transmedia Holdings (Cairns) Radio Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (M. Willesee) Continued on Page 11..

Communications Update ♦ 11 ♦ February 1994 ... Continued from Page 11

Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s

SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Rural Press Ltd.) Metropolitan 6b a y Geraldton FM Diverse Shareholding (Geraldton) Pty. Ltd. 5AA Festival City South Australian 6BY Elldale Pty. Ltd Regional Broadcasters Broadcasters Ltd. Totalizator Agency Board (Bridgetown) Australia Pty. Ltd. 5AD Southern State Montclair Pty. Ltd. (Rural Press Ltd.) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Jeremy Cordeaux) 6fms Golden West Australian Capital Equity 5DDN-FM The 5AD Broadcasting Montclair Pty. Ltd. (Western Zone) Network Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Kerry Stokes & Company Pty. Ltd. (Jeremy Cordeaux) Andrew Cohen)

5MMM-FM Adelaide FM Radio Village Roadshow Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Kirby Family 51%, Greater 6GGG Great Northern Batavia Coast Union Organisation 33%) (Geraldton) Broadcasters Ltd. Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholdings) 5SSA-FM Austereo Ltd. State Govt. Insurance Commission of SA, 6k a Northwest Radio Glenstar Pty. Ltd. SA Superannuation Fund (Karratha) Pty. Ltd. 0 A . & T.C. Leo), Investment Trust Wairoa Pty. Ltd. (D.C. & M. Waugh) Regional SA. 6KG Regional Broadcasters Regional Broadcasters (Kalgoorlie) Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia Pty. Ltd. 5AU 5AU Broadcasters Lanson Investments (Rural Press Ltd.) () Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Lanyon Family 6LN Carnarvon Dorset Nominees Pty. Ltd. & Rural Press) (Carnarvon) Commercial (D. & F. Jakovecevic) 5CC Coast & Country Diverse Shareholding Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. () Broadcasting 6m d Mid-Districts Regional Broadcasters Services Pty. Ltd. (Merredin) Radio Pty. Ltd. Australia Pty. Ltd. 5CS Coast & Country Diverse Shareholding (Rural Press Ltd.) (Port Pirie) Broadcasting 6MM West Coast Radio I.H. & E. Bassett-Scarfe Services Pty. Ltd. (Mandurah) Pty. Ltd. 5MU Murray Bridge Bridge Radio Pty. Ltd. 6n a Radio West Regional Broadcasters (Murray Bridge) Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (Scott Family) (Narrogin) Broadcasters Australia Pty. Ltd. 5RM River Murray Murray River FM Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Rural Press Ltd.) (Berri) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Lilburn Family) 6NW North West Radio Glenstar Pty. Ltd. (Port Pty. Ltd. (JA.& T .C . Leo), 5SE South Eastern Broadcast Media Group Hedland) Wairoa Pty. Ltd. (Mount Gambier) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Gerahty), (M. & D.C. Waugh) R C Long 6 SAT Trans-West FM Stereo 98 Pty. Ltd. (Western Zone) Pty. Ltd. (Diverse Shareholding)

6SE Esperance Regional Broadcasters WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Esperance) Broadcasters Australia Pty. Ltd. Pty. Ltd. (Rural Press Ltd.) Metropolitan 6TZ Radio West Regional Broadcasters (Bunbury) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. 6 K The Eagle Pty. Ltd. Grangeridge Nominees Pty. Ltd. (Rural Press Ltd.) Pty. Ltd. (6CI Collie is a relay station broadcast out of Bunbury) (Diverse Shareholdings) 6v a Belcap Investments Regional Broadcasters 6JKY 6KY Pty. Ltd. J M B Pty. Ltd. (Albany) Pty Ltd. Australia Pty. Ltd (Jack Bendat) (Rural Press Ltd.)

6NOW-FM New Broadcasting Village Roadshow Ltd. 6WB Elldale Pty. Ltd. Regional Broadcasters Ltd. (Kirby Family 51%, Greater (Katanning) Australia Pty. Ltd. Union Organisation 35%) (Rural Press Ltd.) 6PPM Consolidated J.M.B. Pty. Ltd. Broadcasting System (Jack Bendat) TASMANIA (W A .) Pty. Ltd.

6PR Western Broadcasting Lewara Pty. Ltd. Metropolitan Services Pty. Ltd. (WA Total isator 7HHO Commercial Robert Nettlefold Pty. Ltd. Agency Board) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (Estate: Nettlefold Family)

7HT Tasradio Pty. Ltd. TASTAB Regional WA. 7TTT-FM Southern Tasmania Benders Pty. Ltd. FM Stereo Pty. Ltd (Bender Family) 6a m Radio 6AM Regional Broadcasters (Northam) Pty. Ltd. Australia Pty. Ltd. Continued on Page 13 ...

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Station Licensee Co. Controlling Interest/s Table 4 Regional TAS Audience Reach (Radio) 7AD Northern Tasmania Findlays Broadcasting (N o te : 1986 population figures used as 1991 census data is not yet (Devonport) Broadcasters Services Pty. Ltd. available from ABA) Pty. Ltd. (Keith Findlay) 7BU Bumie Findlays Broadcasting Radio Networks/ (Bumie) Broadcasting Service Pty. Ltd. Services Pty. Ltd. (Keith Findlay) Multiple Licensees 7EX Tasradio Pty. Ltd. TAS TAB (Launceston) Total Potential

7LA 7LA Radio Pty. Ltd. E.S. Parker, S. Bitmead & Potential Audience (Launceston) K.C. Stone as Trustees for The Group Stations Audience (%ofPop.) Industrial Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. Village Roadshow 5 metropolitans 9,165,138 58.74% Ltd. (Kirby Family 51% 7SD North East Findlays Broadcasting & Greater Union (Scottsdale) Tasmanian Radio Services Pty. Ltd. Organisation 33%) Broadcasters (Keith Findlay) Pty. Ltd. Austereo 6 metropolitans 8,447,699 54.14% 7XS XS West Pty. Ltd. S. & M. Aderman (State Govt Insurance (Queenstown) Commission of SA SA Superannuation Fund Investment Trust) NORTHERNTERRITORY W esgo Ltd 5 metropolitans 7,451,401 47.76% 8HOT Northern Territory Territory Group (Institutional Investors) 3 regionals (Darwin) FM Ltd. Investments Pty. Ltd., Henry Walker Group Ltd. Australian Radio 4 metropolitans 6,544,973 41.94% Network 3 regionals 8HA Alice Springs R.L. Harris (Albert Family) (Alice Commercial Springs) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Lyndeal Pty. Ltd. 1 metropolitan 4,273,418 27.38% (Lamb Family) 1 regional

8SAT C entral Zone FM Group Television Services AWA Ltd 1 metropolitan 3,086,916 19.79% (Alice Springs) Services Pty. Ltd. Executive Super Fund & L.E. & H.S. Lilburn The Uniting Church 1 metropolitan 3,086,916 19.79% in Australia Property Trust (NSW) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 2KY Broadcasters 1 metropolitan 3,086,916 19.79% 2CA Austereo Ltd. State Govt. Insurance (Labor Council) (Canberra) Commission of SA, Southern Cross 1 metropolitan 3,022,560 19.37% SA Superannuation Fund Broadcasting 1 regional Investment Trust (AUST) Ltd. 2CC Capital City The Australian The Industrial Printing 1 metropolitan 2,884,890 19.14% (Canberra) Broadcasters Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. & Publicity Co. Ltd. 1 regional Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family) Actraint No.93 Pty. 1 metropolitan 2,884,890 18.49% 2KIX Capital City The Australian Broadcasting Ltd. (Peter Corso) (Canberra) Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. Co. Pty. Ltd. (Albert Family) Radio 3UZ Pty. Ltd. 1 metropolitan 2,884,890 18.49%

2 ROC Au stereo Ltd. State Government Insurance Queensland Radio Ltd. 1 metropolitan 1,186,502 7.60% (Canberra) of S.A., SA Superannuation QldTAB 1 metropolitan 1,186,502 7.60% Fund Investment Trust Montclair Pty. Ltd. 2 metropolitans 1,012,358 6.49% (Cordeaux)

SATAB 1 metropolitan 1,012,358 6.49% 164 Commercial Radio Stations in Australia JMB Pty. Ltd. 1 metropolitan 994,472 6.37% Lewara Pty. Ltd. 1 metropolitan 994,472 6.37% (WATAB)

Granger! dge 1 metropolitan 994,472 6.37% Nominees Pty. Ltd.

Associated 8 regionals 804,968 5.09% Communications Enterprises (Holdings) Pty. Ltd. (Day & Handbury) Continued on page 1 4 ...

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Total Potential Total Potential Potential Audience Potential Audience Group Stations Audience (% of Pop.) Group Stations Audience (% of Pop.)

Grant Broadcasters 8 regionals 759,186 4.86% TAS TAB (7) 1 metropolitan 301,003 1.93% Pty. Ltd. (Janet Cameron) 1 regional

Broadcast Operations 8 regionals 527,238 3.26% Carillon Development 5 regionals 281,104 1.73% (Caralis) Ltd. (Higginbotham)

2HD Broadcasters 1 regional 426,526 2.73% Regional Broadcasters 9 regionals 240,645 1.49% Pty. Ltd. (NSW ALP) Australia Pty. Ltd. (Rural Press) Radio Newcastle 2 regionals 426,526 2.73% Pty. Ltd. Commercial 1 metropolitan 199,457 1.27% (H.S. McKensey & Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. M.K. Johns) (Estate: Nettlefold Family)

Newcastle FM 1 regional 426,526 2.73% Southern Tasmania 1 metropolitan 199,457 1.27% Pty. Ltd. FM Stereo Pty. Ltd. (Bender Family) Trans Media 6 regionals 330,732 2.11% Holdings Pty. Ltd. (Willesee)

Table 5 Ownership of Capital City and National Daily Newspapers

Ownership Average % of total Ownership Average % of total Group daily Circ. Circ. Group daily Circ. Circ. Title Feb. 1994 30/09/93 Title Feb. 1994 30/09/93 NEW SOUTH WALES WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Daily Telegraph/ News Ltd. 442,980 17.1 West Australian West Australian 262,556 10.1 M ir ro r (Murdoch) Newspapers Holdings Ltd.(1) Sydney Morning Fairfax Group 262,949 10.1 H e ra ld TASMANIA

Victoria M e rc u ry News Ltd. 53,397 2.0 (Murdoch) H e ra ld -S u n News Ltd. 571,055 21.9 (Murdoch) NORTHERN TERRITORY

Age Fairfax Group 235,291 9.1 N TN e w s News Ltd. 21,654 0.8 (Murdoch)

QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Courier M ail News Ltd. 253,506 9.8 Canberra Times Stokes 45,418 1.7 (Murdoch) NATIONAL S u n Closed 10 Dec. 1991 A u s tra lia n News Ltd. 149,641 5.8 (Murdoch) SOUTH AUSTRALIA Financial Review Fairfax Group 77,303 2.9 A d v e rtise r News Ltd. 220,174 8.5 (Murdoch) TOTAL 2,595,924

News Closed (1) West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd was listed as a public com­ 27.3.92 pany on 9 January 1992. WAN has 11,500 shareholders, none of whom hold more than nine percent.

February 1994 ♦ 14 ♦ Communications Update Table 6 Sunday Newspaper Table 7 Capital City and Ownership National Newspaper Owner Owner CIRC. Title Dec. 1986 Feb. 94 30.9.93 Ownership Shares New South Wales S u n -H e ra ld Fairfax Group Fairfax Group 609,570 Sunday Telegraph News News Ltd. 695,247 Dec. 1986 E e k 1994 (Murdoch) No. of % of No. of % of titles total titles total Victoria (of 19) circ. (of 12) circ. Sunday Press HWT/Fairfax CLOSED 13-8.89 ^ Sunday Observer Isaacson CLOSED 11.6.89 News Ltd. 6 28 7 65.9 Sunday Herald Sun - News Ltd. ^ 467,757 (Murdoch) (Murdoch) Sunday Herald - CLOSED 3 1-3-91^ Su n d a y Age - Fairfax G ro u p ^ 184,605 Fairfax Group 5 24 3 22.1

Queensland HWT 8 48 -- Sunday M ail News (Murdoch) News Ltd. 566,925 (Murdoch) West Australian - - 1 10.1 Su n d a y S u n News (Murdoch) CLOSED 12.4.92 Newspapers South Australia Holdings Ltd. Sunday M ail News (Murdoch) News Ltd. 317,473 _ _ (Murdoch) Stokes ^ 1 1.7

Western Australia (1) In October 1991, in evidence to the House of Representatives Print Media Inquiry, the Chief Executive of News Ltd, Mr Ken Cowley, disclosed Sunday Times News (Murdoch) News Ltd. 337,653 that News had assisted Mr Kerry Stokes to finance his acquisition of the (Murdoch) Canberra Times (Transcript p.481). Western M ail Holmes 2 Court CLOSED 31-12.87

Tasmania Sunday Tasmanian H W T News Ltd. 54,690 (Murdoch) Table 8 Northern Territory Sunday Territorian News (Murdoch) News Ltd. 23,655 (2) Sunday Newspaper (Murdoch)

Australian Capital Territory Ownership Shares Canberra Times Fairfax Group Stokes 36,667

National Papers Dec. 1986 Feb. 1994 Times On Sunday Fairfax Group CLOSED 13-3.88 No. of Titles No. of Titles % of Total Circ (of 13) (of 10) (30/9/93) TOTAL 3,294,242 News (Murdoch) 5.0 7 74.8 (1) Fairfax, through David Syme and Co. Limited, and Murdoch, through Fairfax Group 3.5 (1) 2 24.1 HWT, jointly published the Sunday Press until 13 August 1989, when their Stokes _ 1 1.1 non-competition pact ended and the paper closed. Murdoch’s new Su n d a y HWT - - Sun and Sunday Herald began competition with the new Fairfax Su n d a y Age 2.5 (1) the following weekend. Isaacson closed the Sunday Observer in anticipa­ Holmes a Court 1.0 - - tion of overwhelming competition. News Ltd closed the Sunday Herald on Isaacson 1.0 -- 31 March 1991 and the ‘S u n d a y S u n became the Sunday Herald Sun. Brisbane S u n d a y Su n closed 12.4.92. (1) HWT and Fairfax each had half of the Sunday Press. See note (1) to table 6. (2) Publisher's Figure.

Communications Update ♦ 15 ♦ February 1994 Table 9 Regional Daily Papers

State/Town Title Ownership Circ New South Wales Albury Border Morning M ail Mott family 26,299 Bathurst Western Advocate Armati 5,040 Broken Hill Barrier Daily Truth Local Unions 7,665 Coffs Harbour The Advocate O ’Reilly 0) 22,500<2> Dubbo Daily Liberal Armati 6,435 Goulbum Goulbum Post Armati 4,461 Grafton Daily Examiner O ’Reilly 7.844P Lismore Northern Star O ’Reilly 21.113P Maitland The Mercury J.B.Fairfax <» 5,681 Newcastle Newcastle Herald Fairfax Group 47.400P Orange Central Western Daily Armati 5,957 Tam worth Nthn Daily Leader J. B. Fairfax ^ 10,421 Tweed Heads D aily News-Gold Coaster O ’Reilly 7,202 Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser Henderson 16,059 Wollongong lllawarra Mercury Fairfax Group 35.114 [15 dailies] 229,191 Queensland Bundaberg N e w s-M a il O ’Reilly 12,668 C a irn s...... Cairns Post . M u r d o c h ...... 29,863 Gladstone O bserver O ’Reilly 7,461 Gympie Gympie Times J.B. Fairfax 6) 5,515 Ipswich Queensland Times O ’Reilly 16,719 Mackay Daily Mercury O ’Reilly 17,839 Sunshine Coast Daily O ’Reilly 21.052P Maryborough C h ro n ic le O ’Reilly 9,130 Mount Isa North-West Star AsherJoel 4,239 Rockhampton Morning Bulletin O ’Reilly 22,000P Southport Gold Coast Bulletin Murdoch 36,865 Toowoomba Toowoomba Chronicle O ’Reilly 31,004 Townsville Townsville Bulletin Murdoch 26,374 Warwick Warwick Daily News O ’Reilly 5.380 [14 dailies] 246,109 Victoria Ballarat Ballarat Courier J. B. Fairfax <3) 21,368 Bendigo Bendigo Advertiser Murdoch ^ 15,749 Geelong Geelong Advertiser Murdoch W 30,722 Mil dura Sunraysia Daily Elliott/Lanyon 8.212P Shepparton Shepparton News McPherson 10,060 Warmambool Warmambool Standard Fairfax Group 12.893P [6 dailies] 99,004 Tasmania Bumie Advocate Harris 25.703P Launceston E x a m in e r Rural Press Ltd.(J.B. Fairfax) & Harris (40%) 37.848 [2 dailies] 63,551 Western Australia Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie M iner West Australian 8.158 Newspapers Holdings Ltd. [1 daily] 8,158

South Australia [No regional daily]

Northern Territory [No regional daily]

P Publishers figure. (1) Irish businessman Tony O ’Reilly bought Provincial Newspapers (Qld) from Murdoch, who sold it after TPC pressure. O ’Reilly held PNQ through Haswell Pty. Ltd., 85 percent controlled by Ligon Limited, a trust for his six Australian children. The other 15 percent was owned by Independent Newspapers (Ireland), of which O ’Reilly was chairman. He was a director of the Washington Post and Bankers’ Trust and chief executive of the food group Heinz and an unsuccessful bidder for the Fairfax Group in 1991. (2) Newspaper is free, figure is average daily circulation figure. (3) John B. Fairfax, through Marinya Media, acquired 48.1 percent of Rural Press in the carve-up of the old Fairfax empire in 1987. Rural Press has since grown considerably in the Australian country market. It publishes 22 agricultural publications, and 90 regional newspapers and magazines. [Rural Press Ltd. 1993 Annual Report, pp.6-7] (4) Through Independent Newspapers Ltd. (INL) NZ 50% owned by News Corporation (News Corporation Annual Report 1992, p.15)

February 1994 ♦ 16 ♦ Communications Update Table 10 Table 12 Regional Dailies Surburban Newspaper Ownership Shares Ownership Shares

Combined % of Total No. of % of Total Owner Titles Circulation Circulation Owner No. of Titles Circ. Circ. Sydney O’Reilly 13 201,912 31.2 News Ltd (Murdoch) 15 918,593 43% Fairfax Group 11 669,362 <» 31% News Ltd. (Murdoch) 5 139,573 21.6 J.B. Fairfax/Hannans 3 182,131 9% Independent 8 358,179 17% Fairfax Group 3 95,407 14.8 Total 3 7 2 ,128,265 100% John B. Fairfax 5 80,833 12.5 Melbourne Harris Family 1 25,703 3.9 News Ltd (Murdoch) 31 1,095,525 49% Fairfax Group 9 237,373 11% John Armati 4 21,893 3.4 Boyle Family 6 178,147 8% APN O'Reilly 5 145,092 7% West Australian 1 8,158 1.3 Independent News 3 108,648 5% Newspapers Independent 5 454,411 20% Holdings Ltd. Total 59 2,219,196 100% Brisbane Others 72.534 11.2 6 News Ltd (Murdoch) 14 514,350 76% TOTALS 38 646,013 100 Independent 4 133,938 20% Rural Press/J.B. Fairfax 1 31,249 4% Total 19 6 7 9 ,5 3 7 100% MAIN SHARES OF REGIONAL DAILY CIRCULATION Adelaide IN EACH STATE News Ltd (Murdoch) 11 467,012 100% NSW: Fairfax Group 36%; O'Reilly 26% Perth VIC: Murdoch 47%; J. B. Fairfax 22%; Fairfax Group 13% United Media/West Aust. 11 507,980 82% QLD: O'Reilly 58%; Murdoch 38% Newspapers Ltd. TAS: Harris 40%; Rural Press (J.B. Fairfax) 60% Independent 3 114,830 18% WA: West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd 100% Total 14 6 2 2 ,8 1 0 100% (1) Community Newspapers, owns 50% of the Bankstown-Canterbury To rc h and the Auburn Review Pictorial Table 11 Table 13 Metropolitan and Metro/ Suburban National Weeklies Newspapers overall Shares Ownership No. of % of Total Owner Titles Circulation Circulation

News Ltd (Murdoch) 71 3,004,480 49.0% National______Ownership______Circ. Fairfax Group 20 906,735 14.8% United Media 11 507,980 8.3% West Aust. Southern Star Harris 39,066P Newspapers Ltd (Tasmania) John B. Fairfax/ 3 182,131 2.9% Hannan Family The Land J.B. Fairfax 62,145 Boyle Family 6 178,147 2.9% Weekly Times News Ltd. (Murdoch) 86.059P APN O'Reilly 5 145,092 2.4% Independent News 3 108,648 1.8% The Chronicle Stokes 101.000P Rural Press/J.B. Fairfax 1 31,249 0.5% Independent 20 1,061,358 17.3%

P Publishers' figures. (1) Community Newspapers, publisher of most of Perth’s suburbans, is owned 50.1% by United Media and 49-9% West Australian Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd. (2) Each owned 50% of Eastern Suburbs Newspapers.______

Communications Update ♦ 17 ♦ February 1994 Australia’s Top Twenty Publishing Companies*

Owner Turnover (1992) Company (Base) (est. in $Aust) Imprints Include Reed Reed International $ 115m Overseas Imprints, Seeker & Warburg, Paul Hamlyn, (UK) Budget Books, DW Thorpe, William Heinemann, Rigby Education Harper Collins News Ltd. $106m Overseas imprints, Harper Collins, Angus & (USA/Aust) Robertson, Collins Dove, Golden Press Pearson Pearson $95m Overseas Imprints, Penguin, Longman Cheshire, (UK) McPhee Gribble, Greenhouse, Viking O ’Neil Thomson Thomson Corporation $75m Overseas Imprints, Thomas Nelson, (Canada) Law Book Company Ashton Scholastic Inc. $70m Overseas Imprints, Ashton Scholastic, Omnibus, Scholastic (USA) Ashton Book Clubs Transworld Bertelsman $70m Overseas Imprints, Corgi Bantam, Dell, (Germany) Doubleday Book Club Weldon Weldon International $67m Macquarie Library, Weslon Publishing, Mimosa, (AUST) Welson Owen, Weldon Russell, Social Club Book Supplies CCH Commercial Clearing House $65m CCH International, CCH Australia Ltd. (USA) Readers Digest Readers Digest $50m Readers Digest International (USA) Macmillan & Pan Macmillan $40m Pan, Macmillan Education, Sun, Picador, Piper (UK) Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton $26m Overseas Imprints, Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Jacaranda Wiley Wiley $25m Overseas Imprints, Jacaranda Wiley (USA) Simon & Schuster Paramount Communications $25m Overseas Imprints, Simon & Schuster (USA) Random House Advance Publications $22m Overseas Imprints, Random House Aust., (USA) Jonathan Cape, Bodley Head, Hutchinson Universal Press Universal Books $20m Universal Press, Broadbents, Gregorys, Robinsons, (AUST) UBD Harlequin Mills & Boon Harlequin Enterprises $20m Harlequin, Mills & Boon, Silhouette (CAN) McGraw Hill McGraw Hill $ 18m Overseas Imprints, McGraw Hill (USA) Harcourt Brace Harcourt Brace Jovanovich $ 17m Overseas Imprints, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Jovanovich (USA) Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin $15m Allen & Unwin, Little Ark (AUST) OUP Oxford University Press $ 13m Oxford University Press (UK)

• Used with permission from an article prepared by D W Thorpe in consultation with the publishers, in Australian Bookseller and Publisher 1993 • A new table has not been prepared for 1994 as there has been minimal change in the ownership of publishing companies in the preceding 12 months. ** The turnover figures above include activities of book clubs, which were not part of previous Media Ownership Updates. This has changed the figures for some of the companies in the list.

February 1994 ♦ 18# Communications Update Table 15 Major Magazine Ownership

Top 30 Titles Owner Owner Circ. (by circ.) Dec. 1986 Feb. 1994 (30/9/93)

Women’s Weekly ACP (Packer) ACP (Packer) 1,152,000 Woman’s Day Fairfax Group ACP (Packer) 1,122,631+ New Idea News Ltd. (Murdoch) News Ltd. (Murdoch) 954,374 TV Week News Ltd. (Murdoch) News Ltd (Murdoch) 50%(1) 563,845 ACP (Packer) (50%)(1) Reader’s Digest Aust. arm of U.S. Aust. arm of U.S. 480,487 Reader’s Digest Reader’s Digest Cleo ACP (Packer) ACP (Packer) 335,000+ Family Circle Advertiser Handbury(2) 331,456 Cosmopolitan Fairfax Group ACP (Packer) 330,000+ Better Homes & Gardens Advertiser Handbury(2) (50%)/ 266,063 Meredith (50%) Who Weekly Time Warner 207,450 Dolly Fairfax Group ACP (Packer) 190,000+ New Woman - Handbury 138,416 Picture - ACP (Packer) 137,801 TV Hits - News Ltd. (Murdoch) 127,764 People Fairfax Group ACP (Packer) 127,022 Aust House & Garden ACP (Packer) ACP (Packer) 124,000+ Aust. Home Beautiful HWT News Ltd. (Murdoch) 122,992 Australasian Post HWT News Ltd. (Murdoch) 122,928 Australian Penthouse Horwitz Horwitz Publishing 119,008 Time Australia Fairfax Group Time Warner 109,327 The Bulletin ACP (Packer) ACP (Packer) 107,000+ Gardening Australia - Hannan Family 100,100 TV Soap - Horwitz Publishing 82,386 Vogue Australia Conde Nast US/Leser 80,500 US/Leser Cond Nast Your Garden HWT News Ltd. (Murdoch) 77,747 Girlfriend - News Ltd. (Murdoch) 76,908 Inside Sport - Horwitz Publishing 75,386 Vogue Living - US/Leser 72,500 Conde Nast Business Review Weekly Fairfax Group Fairfax Group 72,220 Women’s Weekly (English) Reed Publishing 72,082 (24 published in Sydney and 6 in Melbourne) (+ - in excess of)

(1) See note (1) to Table 16. (2) Murdoch Magazines, publishersof Family Circle, Better Homes and G a rd en s and New Womanwzs purchased by Matt Handbury, Mr Murdoch's nephew 7.11.91.

Communications Update ♦ 1 S U February 1994 Table 16 Major Magazine Ownership Shares

Pec. 1986 Feb. 1994 No. of Titles % of Total No. of Titles % of Total OWNER (of Top 30) Circ. (of Top 30) Circ. (30.9.1

ACP (Packer) 9 26.5 9.5 46.01 °> News Ltd. (Murdoch) 2 24.1 6.5 25.97(1) Handbury - - 2.5 9.33 Time Warner -- 2 4.02 Horwitz 1 - 3 3.51 Conde Nast. US/Leser 1 - 2 1.94 Fairfax Group 9 23.5 1 0.91 Others 10 25.8 3.5 8.28

(1) Industry convention dictates that the circulation of TV Wfeeife(jointly owned by Murdoch and Packer) is attributed to Murdoch. If TV Week's circulation were attributed to Packer his percentage of total circulation of the Top 30 magazines would be 53.16%. and Murdoch's 18.81%.

Table 17 Pay Television Licences

Licence A(1) Century Communications - UCOM (Restricted to new players in the Australian Media)

Licence B Australis Media-Lenfest (New World Telecommunications Ltd. (ABA fax 16/12/93)) (Open to bids from existing media operators)

Licence C<2) ABC/ASTRA & Partners (Dedicated to the ABC)

Information correct as at 17 February 1994 but subject to change as bidding and regulatory process unfolds.

(1) UCOM's structure reported (Age 21/1/94, p. 22) to be: Continental Venture Capital 71.5% Century Communications 20%, Albert Hadid 8.5%.

(2) Potential partners for ABC/ASTRA include PMT (Packer, Murdoch & Telecom) Consortium.

February 1994 ♦ 2 (U Communications Update Table 18 MDS Licences (information current at June 1993)

Licensees Syd. Melb. Brisb. Adel. Perth Cairns Canb. Total

Reuters Investments Austratlia Pty. Ltd. 1 1 1 1 1 5 Pty. Ltd. (Reuters Aust. Ltd.) Soundcom Pty. Ltd. 2 2 2 6 (Broadcom (Cosser) 50%; Fairfax Corp. Pty. Ltd. 50%)

TVT Media Pty. Ltd. 1 1 (G & L Baxter) Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board 1 1 CFM Technology Pty. Ltd. 1 1 (R. McDonald, R. La Breton, K. Crean) PRO-OCTA Productions Pty. Ltd. 1 1 0 & M Stent 50%; D & S Butler 50%)

Teleitalia Pty. Ltd. 1 1 1 3 (Australis Media Ltd.)

Australis Media Ltd. 3 3 6 New World Television Pty. Ltd. 1 1 2 (Australis Media Ltd.)

Sikglee Pty. Ltd. 1 1 (B & B Morris.)

Amsol Pty. Ltd. 1 1 (Australis Media Ltd.)

Hellenic Cable Television 1 1 2 (Australis Media Ltd.)

Australis Media Operations Pty. Ltd. 2 2 4 (Australis Media Ltd.)

TOTAL 12 13 1 2 3 1 2 34

Communications Update ♦ 21 ♦ February 1994