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  Herald & Weekly Times: Overview
This note covers the Melbourne-based Herald and Weekly Times group, the publisher and broadcaster acquired by Rupert Murdoch in 1987.
As chair of Herald and Weekly Times he appointed Keith Murdoch as editor of the group's flagship daily Herald in 1920 and was thereafter overshadowed by his protege.
The Herald and Weekly Times extended its interests - by 1935 it and chief executive Murdoch had stakes in 11 of the 65 Australian commercial radio stations - and enjoyed a good war.
www.ketupa.net /hwt.htm   (1123 words)

  
  Herald-Sun
In its heyday The Herald had a circulation of almost 600,000 readers but by the time of its 150th birthday in 1990, with the impact of evening television news and more people using cars as a means for transport rather than trains or trams, The Heralds circulation had fallen to just under 200,000 readers.
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd was faced with the choice of either closing The Herald which would mean a massive lay off of employees or merging it with its morning sister paper The Sun News-Pictorial and combining the best journalists and features from both papers in a new newspaper.
Its ferocious anti-Labor editorial tone (at the time) is said to have contributed significantly to the downfall of the Labor government of Joan Kirner in 1992, though the extent to which that is true is impossible to estimate.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Herald-Sun.html   (357 words)

  
 Metroland Media Group Ltd - Publishing - South Western Group
The Times-Advocate is a weekly, paid-circulation newspaper serving Huron, Middlesex and Lambton counties.
The Confederate is a weekly, paid-circulation newspaper serving northern Wellington and southern Grey counties.
The Advance-Times is a weekly, paid-circulation newspaper serving northern Huron and southern Bruce counties.
www.metroland.com /corp/publishing/southwestern_group   (406 words)

  
 Australia, Theophanous v The Herald and the Weekly Times Limited and Another
Times Newspapers Lord Keith of Kinkel (with whom the other Law Lords agreed) referred ((31) (1993) AC 534 at 551.) with approval to the comment of Lord Goff of Chieveley in Attorney-General v.
Guardian Newspapers Ltd. (No.2) ((32) (1990) 1 AC 109 at 283-284.) that, in the field of freedom of speech, there was no difference in principle between English law on the subject and Art.10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
At the same time, it cannot be said to be in the public interest or conducive to the working of democratic government if anyone were at liberty to publish false and damaging defamatory matter free from any responsibility at all in relation to the accuracy of what is published.
www.hrcr.org /safrica/expression/theophanous_herald.html   (4858 words)

  
 Herald Sun at AllExperts
The Herald Sun is a conservative tabloid newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd was faced with the choice of either closing The Herald which would have meant a massive lay off of employees or merging it with its morning sister paper The Sun News-Pictorial and combining journalists and features from both papers in a new newspaper.
Left-wing critics say that it is biased to the right-wing, with some arguing that it reflects the view of one-time socialist, now conservative Rupert Murdoch who is the chief executive officer of the Herald Sun's parent company.
en.allexperts.com /e/h/he/herald_sun.htm   (657 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Murdoch remained with the Herald and Weekly Times for the next thirty years, rising to editor-in-chief, managing editor, managing director and then to chairman of the board for the last ten years of his life.
At the time of his death Keith Murdoch was heavily in debt but possessed within a private family trust considerable number of newspaper shares, some of which may have actually belonged to the Herald and Weekly Times.
It was also the first time Murdoch risked the whole business he had already created on the outcome of a new venture, for he mortgaged the most valuable of his existing Australian properties to buy the paper with a promise that he would share control with the existing Carr management.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Rupert_Murdoch   (5297 words)

  
 The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the High Court: 1989-2004, The Hon Justice Michael McHugh AC, The Inaugural Sir ...
In Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth[20], Mason CJ said that where the implication is derived from the actual terms of the Constitution it may be sufficient that the relevant intention is manifested according to the accepted principles of interpretation.
Theophanous v The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd[35] and Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd[36] where the Court constitutionalised the law of defamation.
Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v The Commonwealth[41] where the Court held that it was not essential to the concept of a tax that the imposition should be made by a public authority.
www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/mchughj/mchughj_26nov04.html   (9862 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Member Centre - Terms of use - List of companies
Johnston (Falkirk) Ltd, Redbrae Road, Camelon, Falkirk FK1 4ZA: The Falkirk Herald, Falkirk and Grangemouth Advertiser, Cumbernauld News/Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Advertiser, Kilsyth Chronicle, Linlithgowshire Journal and Gazette/Linlithgow Advertiser, Carluke Gazette, Lanark Gazette, Kirkintilloch Herald/The Advertiser, Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, Motherwell Times, Bellshill Speaker, Glasgow East News.
Galloway Gazette Ltd, Victoria Lane, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire DG8 6DA: Galloway Gazette, Carrick Gazette.
North Notts Newspapers Ltd, 121 Newgate Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2PA: Mansfield Chad, Ashfield Chad, Alfreton Chad, Mansfield and Ashfield Observer, Worksop Guardian, Worksop Trader, Dinnington Guardian, Dinnington Trader, Retford Trader and Guardian, Dispatch.
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 Herald Sun Homepage | Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper
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www.news.com.au /heraldsun   (884 words)

  
 The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd | Herald Sun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd
The Herald Sun was established in 1990 as an amalgam of the afternoon daily, The Herald, and the morning daily, The Sun News-Pictorial.
The Sunday Herald Sun has smashed all circulation records in the past 12 months, becoming the fastest growing newspaper in the land.
www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,2002404-25289,00.html   (596 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 9am with David and Kim
Kathryn Robinson is a finance presenter at Australias Ten Network and also acts as a fill in presenter of Ten News at 6am and 11am, and as Kim Watkins substitute on 9am with David and Kim.
The program replaced long time morning program Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, which finished in late 2005, after Bert Newton returned to the Nine Network.
Its competitors are fellow morning shows Mornings with Kerri-Anne on the Nine Network and The Morning Show on the Seven Network.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/9am-with-David-and-Kim   (919 words)

  
 Murdoch Seen Leading in Bid - New York Times
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation still appears to have the upper hand in the takeover battle with John Fairfax Ltd. for the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., analysts here said today.
Weekly shares are now trading at $15 (Australian), below the bid Fairfax announced on Wednesday.
''It's a fact,'' he said, noting that several of the Herald and Weekly's associated newspaper and broadasting companies had agreed to sell him their shares.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DF1630F931A15752C0A961948260   (185 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/manhattanoffender   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Murdoch remained with the Herald and Weekly Times for the next thirty years, rising to editor-in-chief, managing editor, managing director and chairman of the board for the last ten years of his life.
Shawcross) At the time of his death Keith Murdoch was heavily in debt but possessed within a private family trust considerable number of newspaper shares, some of which may have actually belonged to the Herald and Weekly Times.
His takeover of The Times was made possible only by Margaret Thatcher stepping in personally to prevent a hearing by Britain's monopoly authority, which certainly would have prevented it.
www.myspace.com /manhattanoffender   (4719 words)

  
 Welcome to the Knox et al website
Knox from the “Sydney Morning Herald,” with which he has been associated in an administrative capacity for some time, and he will take up his new duties almost immediately.
Knox was appointed chief sub-editor of “Smith’s Weekly” in February, 1920, subsequently being promoted to the position of managing editor, involving complete control of the business, editorial and mechanical departments.
Rigg, Truth and Sportsman Ltd; and Messrs J. Binney, B. Wilson, H. Dial, and G. Thompson, representing the Hanging Rock Racing Club, of which Sir Errol Knox was president.
www.knoxetal.com /knox/errol.htm   (1132 words)

  
 Who is Rupert Murdoch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
His takeover of The Times aroused great hostility among traditionalists, who feared he would take it "downmarket." This led directly to the founding of The Independent in 1986 as an alternative quality daily.
The Sun in London, The Post in New York, The Herald Sun in Melbourne and The Daily Telegraph in Sydney are among the most successful, profitable and influential tabloids in the world.
In 1987 he bought The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd in Australia, the company that his father had once managed.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0405/news/who_rupert.html   (2149 words)

  
 Hoser Guilty of telling truth - Free Speech case update - Judgement 27 Nov 2001.
He appealed from that conviction to the County Court and on 17 and 18 February 1994 the appeal was heard by her Honour Judge Balmford (at that time a judge of the County Court, but her Honour was later elevated to the Supreme Court).
At the same time I must make allowance of the fact that in Book Two, in particular, he is largely writing as one seeking vindication, claiming to be a person who has been wrongly convicted of a serious offence.
He said he had asked himself that question many times over the years, but said that that was not a possibility, having regard to the number of cases that he had won and the reasons why he had lost those cases on which he had been unsuccessful.
www.smuggled.com /EamesJ1.htm   (11385 words)

  
 3DB at AllExperts
From 1929 until 1987 3DB was owned and operated by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., who also owned The Herald and The Sun News-Pictorial newspapers.
Note the modern Herald Sun was two separate papers at the time.
In December 1988, 3TT moved from the old 3DB premises in the basement of the Herald and Weekly Times building at 44-74 Flinders Street, to new state of the art studios in Queensbridge Street, South Melbourne.
en.allexperts.com /e/0/3DB.htm   (712 words)

  
 Columnist v. magistrate: the lessons - theage.com.au
The Herald and Weekly Times Limited and Andrew Bolt that was decided in the Supreme Court on May 21 (and reported the next day on page one of this newspaper and at the bottom of page two of the Herald Sun), and over which damages were awarded yesterday.
Victorian Supreme Court judge Bernard Bongiorno ruled that Bolt, a Herald Sun columnist, had seriously defamed Deputy Chief Magistrate Jelena Popovic, and awarded her almost $250,000 in damages.
He has a page to fill twice weekly, is trenchantly conservative, and it is entirely uncontroversial to say that his columns are controversial.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/06/06/1022982744612.html   (904 words)

  
 The Lawyers Weekly
In cases involving matters of public interest, the plaintiffs now bear the onus of proving falsehood, fault and damage, and statements of opinion are immune from liability.
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. (1994), 124 Aust.
Times Newspaper, [2001] 2 A.C. 127 where the Law Lords chose to recognize a new test for a case-by-case privilege for publications which, though otherwise actionable, dealt with a matter of public concern in a manner which was reasonable and balanced in all the circumstances.
www.lawyersweekly.ca /index.php?section=article&articleid=371&rssid=4   (830 words)

  
 News Limited Community Newspapers :: Paper Groups :: Leader
In 1986 the group was sold to The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd., which operated Standard Newspapers in the southern bayside areas of Melbourne.
With the acquisition of The Herald & Weekly Times by News Corporation later that same year, The Leader Newspaper Group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania.
We strive to produce quality newspapers that are the main voice for our readers, the first choice for advertisers and reflect the attitudes and aspirations of their communities.
www.community.newsmedianet.com.au /home/groups/group/about_us.jsp?groupid=2   (487 words)

  
 The Pat Finucane Centre Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
According to media reports in the Sunday Times (10.9.00) Kerr and a number of other former members of the FRU face arrest and questioning by the Stevens team investigating the Finucane case.
On November 21, 1999 the Sunday Times newspaper claimed that a secret unit of the British Army set fire to the offices of the Stevens Inquiry in 1990.
PFC Press Release from May 19th 1997 detailing for the first time the statistical breakdown by gender and religion of RUC members, including the total Catholic recruitment to the RUC over the last three years.
www.serve.com /pfc   (4857 words)

  
 Australia, Defamation Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Herald Weekly Times Ltd and Anor and Stephens and Ors v.
As a defense derived from the Constitution this new form of qualified privilege cannot be restricted or overridden by state, territory or federal legislation.
Consequently, the balance between free speech and protection of reputation has shifted, with a move towards greater protection of free speech and the ‘constitutionalization’ of defamation law, not unlike that existing in American law.
www.hrcr.org /safrica/expression/defamation.html   (484 words)

  
 Media Man
Murdoch moved to Britain in the mid-60s, and rapidly became a major force there after his acquisitions of the News of the World, The Sun, and later The Times, which he bought in 1981 from the Thomson family, who had bought it from the Astor family in 1966.
The timing (and Murdoch's subsequent behaviour) suggests that he had begun the relationship with Tõrv well before his marriage to Patricia ended.
Among his properties around the world are UK's The Times and the New York Post, the latter of which he turned from New York City's most liberal newspaper into one of the most neo-conservative in the USA.
www.mediaman.com.au /profiles/murdoch.html   (2984 words)

  
 Army assures Fiji media of 'freedom' - Fiji Times Online
On Tuesday night six unarmed soldiers entered The Fiji Times newsroom and told senior company executives that they wished to place a soldier in the newsroom to monitor incoming faxes and check stories to be published the next day.
Following discussions, Fiji Times Ltd managing director Tony Yianni declared the newspaper could not accept the military's demands and ordered the newspaper closed.
The Editor in Chief of the Herald and Weekly Times in Melbourne, Peter Blunden said: "We wish to extend to you all the strongest possible message of support as you battle to carry out your duties.
www.fijitimes.com /story.aspx?id=53048   (1161 words)

  
 Rupert Murdoch Biography
His father Sir Keith Murdoch became Australia's most influential newspaper executive, directing the Melbourne-based Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. After his father’s death in 1952, Rupert returned to Australia to take over the running of his business and to inherit a considerable fortune but was left with a relatively modest inheritance.
At this time Murdoch was also able to acquire leading newspapers and magazines in London and New York, as well as many other media holdings.
In 1987 he bought The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd in Australia, the very company his father once managed.
www.investingvalue.com /investment-leaders/rupert-murdoch/index.htm   (518 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Rupert Murdoch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This was a compromise agreed to by his former wife Anna in lieu of a large cash settlement at the time of their divorce.
Murdoch's voting privileges are not transferrable but will expire upon his death and the stock will then be controlled solely by his children from the prior marriages, although their half-siblings will continue to derive their share of income from it.
At the time this was the highest price ever paid for a residence in New York.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/rupert_murdoch   (3138 words)

  
 News Limited Community Newspapers :: Paper Groups :: Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1986 the group was sold to The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd., which operated Standard Newspapers in the southern bayside areas of Melbourne.
With the acquisition of The Herald & Weekly Times by News Corporation later that same year, The Leader Newspaper Group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania.
We strive to produce quality newspapers that are the main voice for our readers, the first choice for advertisers and reflect the attitudes and aspirations of their communities.
community.newsmedianet.com.au /home/groups/group/about_us.jsp?groupid=2   (487 words)

  
 Who punched the spike? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business
If he is to succeed in building a 160-story tower on Chicago's lakefront, developer Garrett Kelleher might need to break that rule and a few more.
Kelleher, executive chairman of Shelbourne Development Group Ltd. in Dublin, has given city officials plans for a vast enlargement of what's being called the Chicago Spire.
If City Hall consents, the building will be three times the size than under its initial plan.
www.suntimes.com /business/168762,CST-FIN-spirebiz12.article   (743 words)

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