Article 60FE6 Ita Buttrose recalls ‘open sexism’ at News Corp in 1980s where women were seen as ‘the enemy’

Ita Buttrose recalls ‘open sexism’ at News Corp in 1980s where women were seen as ‘the enemy’

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Amanda Meade
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ABC chair says in media lecture she was hissed at' and accepted only after achieving success

News Corp was a world of open sexism in the 198os where women were regarded as the enemy, ABC chair Ita Buttrose has said in a media lecture.

In 1981, Rupert Murdoch poached me from Kerry Packer to be editor-in-chief of the Daily and Sunday telegraphs," the former newspaper and magazine editor said in her Andrew Olle address.

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