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Who Killed Channel 9?

Just finished Gerald Stone’s book about the fall and fall of Channel 9. I suspect it has more resonance for eastern staters… in Perth Channel 7 is the powerhouse and Channel 9 well… doesn’t cut it. I can’t remember the last time they won the news ratings.

However it wasn’t that long ago that Channel 9 in Perth filled in their pool for cost cutting reasons and Kerry Packer was a colourful figure on the media landscape.

It was an interesting read and dealt with the period from 2002 to earlier this year. It was a bit of a hatchet job and I could hear the longing in Gerald’s tone for the Golden Age… as he continually referred to it. When money flowed and all that mattered was winning the ratings and being the best.

But I think the conclusion would have to be that in fact Kerry killed Channel 9, his beloved television station, through the management team he put in place at PBL. Seems a pity really.
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My son’s observation: “Channel 9 just seems to copy Channel 7.”

I must say it’s not often that I watch the commercials unless I’ve recorded the program on my PVR first so I can flick the ads.

In other news. My boy’s football team won their first game of the season today against one of the better sides. How does the team song go now?

Read the book? Forget the movie.

Went to see The Da Vinci Code last night. Yes I’d heard the reviews but I wanted to see for myself. That’s the kind of girl I am. So it’s well made. And I’m sure if I hadn’t read the book I’d have found it quite mesmerising. But I had. And I didn’t. I suspect also that seeing the movie will spoil the book. And that is a pity because if you don’t know what is coming – the book is a good read. Not high literature by any means, but fun.

They did a good job of explaining all the history without you feeling too much like you were in a lecture. And it was really nice to see the places they were talking about and the art as they are explaining the Holy Grail theories. I imagine the Da Vinci Code in pictures does the same thing.

Tom Hanks was okay – once or twice I even thought of him as his character. The French girl was good. Sir Ian McKellen (is that how you spell his name) was very good I thought.

Yesterday I wandered down Oxford St – went to the Paddo markets (so expensive!) and window shopped. I found a groovy little gift shop called Via Alley which had opened only the week before. They are an online store – experimenting with being offline. Some very cute stuff from around the world. I now carry a Poketo wallet. Very hip.

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It was the gallery owner’s first night too. He is an artist as well. I’m not sure that really works. Artists are not salespeople and galleries are all about sales. So a few lessons to be learned. The gallery itself is a lovely space though.

Work on Friday was great. Shadowed my opposite number and found a few ideas to steal. We even came up with a plan which I hope will be adopted by the network. One can hope anyway. It was really beneficial to see how another station worked… well I think so anyway.

Well I fly back to reality tonight. I’m about to head down to Bondi with some friends for a coffee (I’m missing my coffee machine) and this afternoon… my mission is to by Groover a present. I’ve already found something for the small people.