Outgoing Nine chief executive Hugh Marks has tapped a leading defamation lawyer and demanded an apology over an article in News Corp's The Daily Telegraph, which made inferences that former Nine senior executive Alexi Baker has labelled as false.
Mr Marks has enlisted defamation lawyer Mark O'Brien on a personal basis, not through Nine, which as a company cannot sue for defamation. Mr O'Brien confirmed to The Australian Financial Review that he had been retained by Mr Marks.
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