Geraldine Paton interviewed by John Farquharson [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 305698
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Paton, Geraldine, 1942-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Closed for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1998 Apr. 28
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 234 min.)
- Summary:
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Paton describes how she was appointed in 1980 as publisher of The Australian and the first woman to head an Australian newspaper, the journalists' strike at that time, the challenges she faced to make The Australian nationally respected and financially secure, the success of the Australian in the 1980s, how she was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs, her role in settling the troubles over Super League and then Ansett Airlines, her personal strategy to maintain a low public profile, her views on the success of The Australian until her departure in 1997, her relationship with corporate management, her views on the success of News Corp. and her diverse involvements in managing the Murdoch business holdings such as pastoral properties Boonooke and Wanganella, how she rose in the business from magazine editor to sales executive working on the Women's Weekly and Cleo, a brief review of her career, how she has not experienced difficulties as a woman in a man's world.
- Biography/History:
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Geraldine Paton - Executive Director of News Limited.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 28, 1998 at McMahon's Point, Sydney.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 67 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Newspaper proprietors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Farquharson, John M., 1929-2016, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2068 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1998
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