‘Nine’s papers knocked us back’, says Crikey chairman as it looked to run ad in national titles

Nine’s publishing arm knocked back Crikey when approached to run its open letter to Lachlan Murdoch advertisement this week, chairman of Private Media Eric Beecher told Mumbrella on this week’s Mumbrellacast.

Asked about the bold strategy in taking out advertisements in The New York Times and The Canberra Times, and if there were any plans to opt for a domestic paper with higher circulation, Beecher said, “certainly there was a consideration, but the Nine papers, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review knocked us back and they wouldn’t run our ad, so we went to the Canberra Times.”

Beecher: ‘Nine’s papers knocked us back’