The 1977 English cricket season was played out in the aftermath of the Kerry Packer affair.
Kerry Packer — an Australian media tycoon who was personally responsible for the foundation of World Series Cricket — spoofed as Kerry Thwacker
Knott helped England win the Ashes in England in 1977 but had been persuaded by England colleague Tony Greig to join Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.
In 1998, an investor group led by Nelson Peltz and Peter May (members of Triarc Companies, Inc. management) and Kerry Packer of Consolidated Press International Holdings Limited, acquired a majority interest in its operations.
The channel was a joint venture of both DD Metro & Nine Gold of Kerry Packer and Vinay Maloo' HFCL - Nine Broadcasting India; hence known as Metro Gold.
On New Year's Day 2003, Eight Darwin became Nine Darwin, in line with the rest of Kerry Packer's Nine Network owned-and-operated stations.
Two years later, the site was sold to Kerry Packer and Warren Anderson, who paid $270 million and had grand plans to build on what they called Westralia Square.
Until recently Roman Abramovich owned a large country estate at Fyning Hill, near Rogate, which he bought from Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.
In February 2010, James Packer won approval from Chichester District Council for a 327-acre polo complex to be built at Manor Farm, not far from Great House Farm, the 38-hectare polo complex at Stedham, owned by his father Kerry Packer during the 1980s.
The late media tycoon, Kerry Packer, caused controversy in the late 1980s when he bought many acres of agriculture land a few miles from Stedham and converted it into a polo centre.
HFCL 9 Gold was another venture in this segment which started in 2000 in partnership with Channel 9 of Australia, which belonged to the late Kerry Packer.
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Former tiwce CAMS Gold Star champion and 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 winner Kevin Bartlett recovered from his 1979 Formula 5000 crash and finished second in the championship in his Channel 9 sponsored Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (financed by Nine's owner Kerry Packer).
At Kerry Packer's state funeral in February 2006, his son James stated that the Packers had never forgiven Costigan for what they took to be a smear.
However, Bell Resources was not able to buy its parent, due to share raids being made on Bell Resources by Kerry Packer, Adelaide Steamship Company (under John Spalvins) and IEL (Ron Brierley).