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The death threats and secret meetings behind battle to control Fairfax

The death threats and secret meetings behind battle to control Fairfax

The media landscape was transformed in the 1990s as moguls reigned supreme and a nasty takeover battle for Fairfax played out.

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On March 25, 1998, the Financial Review’s Chanticleer column reminded readers that, after selling his Nine Network to Alan Bond for $1 billion back in 1987, Packer said: “You only get one Bond in your life and I’ve had mine.”

Three years after the sale, he repurchased Nine for $250 million.

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Andrew ClarkSenior writerAndrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au

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