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Catherine West is in the hot seat. The London-born lawyer was abruptly elevated to chair Nine Entertainment, the highest-profile role of her career, at the weekend.
In taking over from former federal treasurer Peter Costello as the chairwoman of the country’s largest media company, West finds herself dealing with the fallout of a major cultural crisis – and steering the publishing and broadcasting giant into an uncertain future.