Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE (3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. Born in Kings Cross, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, to Ethel Maude Packer (nee Hewson) (1878-1947) and R.C. Packer (1879-1934) who started the family's association with the media as a journalist in New South Wales. His father, R.C.
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- Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE (3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. Born in Kings Cross, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, to Ethel Maude Packer (nee Hewson) (1878-1947) and R.C. Packer (1879-1934) who started the family's association with the media as a journalist in New South Wales. His father, R.C. Packer, became editor of The Sunday Times and was a founder of Smith's Weekly and The Daily Guardian, which was published by Smith's Newspaper Ltd. He attended Wahroonga Grammar School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School; however he did not sit for the Intermediate Certificate. In 1923, Packer became a cadet journalist on his father's paper, The Daily Guardian. Four years later he was a director of the company. In 1933, Packer started the Australian Women's Weekly and then transformed The Daily Telegraph into one of Australia's leading newspapers. Packer inherited his media interests on his father's death in 1934. In 1936, he joined with E.G. Theodore's Sydney Newspapers and Associated Newspapers to form Australian Consolidated Press. He was chairman of ACP from 1936 until 1974. When television was introduced to Australia in 1956, Packer, along with the other major newspaper publishers, became a significant television network shareholder under the federal government's "dual formula", which allowed each capital city to have two commercial networks and one ABC. The Packer media empire was known for its conservative leanings, and was a strong backer of long-serving Prime Minister Robert Menzies. Packer was a keen yachtsman, boxer, golfer and polo player. He was on the Australian Jockey Club's committee for 12 years and won the Caulfield Cup with his horse, Columnist. He was also chairman of a syndicate that built the yachts Gretel and Gretel II to challenge for the America's Cup in 1962 and 1970. In 1972, Sir Frank Packer sold his newspaper flagship, The Daily Telegraph, to Rupert Murdoch, a decision he reportedly regretted.
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- Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE (3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. Born in Kings Cross, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, to Ethel Maude Packer (nee Hewson) (1878-1947) and R.C. Packer (1879-1934) who started the family's association with the media as a journalist in New South Wales. His father, R.C.
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