With Kerry Packer at the helm, Channel 9 was the dominant force in
Australian television for three decades known by ordinary Australians
as the one. It was the channel to which we turned to for coverage of
news and current affairs, sports, international events, politics and
the first to bring life style shows to the fore front of programming.
In a few short years though Channel 9 hit rock bottom and this book
gives us an insight into the workings of a television station run by
management without passion for Australian television.
In this extraordinary book, Gerald Stone
gives a truly eye-opening inside account of the death of a television
network. The result is a drama far more riveting than any tv soap
opera, played out by an incredible cast of characters, most of them
household names, some of them business legends, all of whom you've
heard of before. You won't believe the goings on behind closed doors,
the meetings that ended careers or the back stabbing that occurred
during this dubious period.
Gerald Stone is one of Australia's best known journalists and is also
an award winning reporter, and founding executive producer of Channel
9's Sixty Minutes. He is the former editor in chief of the Bulletin
Magazine. Read his forthright account of the demise of Channel 9 in Who
Killed Channel 9?
Who Killed Channel 9 is published in Australia by Pan Macmillan
Australia Pty Ltd with a recommended retail price of $45.00 and is
available from all bookstores around Australia. Purchase online from
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