March of the Moguls: in which Lachlan Murdoch meets the ghost of Oscar Wilde

Given the love of soaps in Australia, there is a certain irony in the way in which Seven and Ten are behaving like a rejected plot line from Neighbours. Dr O'D reflects..
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Given the love of soaps in Australia, there is a certain irony in the way in which Seven and Ten are behaving like a rejected plot line from Neighbours. Dr O’D reflects..

‘To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.’

What would Oscar Wilde say today, confronted with the saga that is the recent history of the Network TEN? And would the play be titled The Importance of Being Lachlan?’

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Dr Vincent O'Donnell
About the Author
Once a film editor, Dr Vincent O’Donnell is a historian of Australian film agencies. He is an honorary fellow in RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication, a past president of the Producers and Directors Guild of Victoria and former executive producer at Film Victoria.