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| '''Rupert Murdoch''' (born ] in ], ]) is a media entrepreneur, major shareholder and managing director of the ]. The News Corporation is a conglomorate which owns many newspapers in ] (including the ] '']'', '']'' and the ] '']'' of London), Australia, the ] and ] in the US, the ] book publishing company, ], ] the monopoly pay-television operator in the United Kingdom and operating in much of Europe, the ] a US-wide television network, the ] cable channel, and ], an Asian satellite TV service. | '''Rupert Murdoch''' (born ] in ], ] and educated at ], ]) is a media entrepreneur, major shareholder and managing director of the ]. The News Corporation is a conglomorate which owns many newspapers in ] (including the ] '']'', '']'' and the ] '']'' of London), Australia, the ] and ] in the US, the ] book publishing company, ], ] the monopoly pay-television operator in the United Kingdom and operating in much of Europe, the ] a US-wide television network, the ] cable channel, and ], an Asian satellite TV service. | ||
| Murdoch is generally regarded as the single most politically influential media proprietor in the world, and is regularly courted by politicians, especially current and past British Prime Minsters, who attempt to convince him to run favourable coverage. His politics are right-wing; he regularly runs partisan media coverage for political parties that promote policies and decisions which favour his commercial interests. For example, it is believed that Murdoch tried to suppress the publication of the memoirs of ], the last British governor of ], in an attempt to curry favour with the mainland Chinese political leadership - Pattern's book was very critical of the Chinese government. Whatever the motives, the book was dropped from publication by Murdoch's HarperCollins book publishing company. It was only because of Pattern's political influence that the story came to light and the book was later published by a non-News Corperation house. It is speculated that Murdoch wanted to please the Chinese government because this all happened around the time he was attempting to get a foot-hold in the Chinese market with the launch of ]. | Murdoch is generally regarded as the single most politically influential media proprietor in the world, and is regularly courted by politicians, especially current and past British Prime Minsters, who attempt to convince him to run favourable coverage. His politics are right-wing; he regularly runs partisan media coverage for political parties that promote policies and decisions which favour his commercial interests. For example, it is believed that Murdoch tried to suppress the publication of the memoirs of ], the last British governor of ], in an attempt to curry favour with the mainland Chinese political leadership - Pattern's book was very critical of the Chinese government. Whatever the motives, the book was dropped from publication by Murdoch's HarperCollins book publishing company. It was only because of Pattern's political influence that the story came to light and the book was later published by a non-News Corperation house. It is speculated that Murdoch wanted to please the Chinese government because this all happened around the time he was attempting to get a foot-hold in the Chinese market with the launch of ]. | ||
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| In his early years of newspaper ownership Murdoch was an agressive, micromanaging entrepreneur, notably taking on British printers' unions to reduce his staff costs, and exploiting the selling power of soft-core pornography (in the form of ] including ] to increase circulation). This confrontation during 1986-1987 with the unions (] and ]) was considerable. The move of ]'s London operation from ] to ] resulted in nightly pitched battles and riots outside the new plant and TNT (a delivery operation owned by Murdoch and used to deliver newspapers during the disturbances); lorries and depots were frequently and violently attacked. | In his early years of newspaper ownership Murdoch was an agressive, micromanaging entrepreneur, notably taking on British printers' unions to reduce his staff costs, and exploiting the selling power of soft-core pornography (in the form of ] including ] to increase circulation). This confrontation during 1986-1987 with the unions (] and ]) was considerable. The move of ]'s London operation from ] to ] resulted in nightly pitched battles and riots outside the new plant and TNT (a delivery operation owned by Murdoch and used to deliver newspapers during the disturbances); lorries and depots were frequently and violently attacked. | ||
| In 1985 Murdoch became a United States citizen in order to satisfy current legislation hat only United States citizens could own American television stations. By 1991 his Australian-based News Corporation, Limited had amassed huge debts which necessitated Murdoch to sell many of the American magazine interests that he acquired in the mid 1980s. In 1995 Murdoch's Fox Network became the object of intense scrutiny from the ] (]) after the case that Murdoch's foreign ownership of Fox Broadcasting contrvened current leislation. The FCC, however, ruled in Murdoch's favour, stating that his ownership of Fox Broadcasting was in the public's best interests. In the same year Murdoch announced a deal with ] to develop a major news ] as well as funding a weekly magazine about politics that contained a right wing conservative view. | |||
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| ⚫ | Murdoch divorced from ] in 1998 and married ], a junior executive in News Corporation's Asian operations 40 years his junior, soon afterward. He has four children from his previous marriage, his adult son ] expected to take over running the corporation at some stage in the future. Murdoch became an American citizen in the 1980s in order to be allowed to own American television stations. | ||
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Revision as of 13:37, 22 May 2002
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931 in Melbourne, Australia and educated at Oxford University, United Kingdom) is a media entrepreneur, major shareholder and managing director of the News Corporation. The News Corporation is a conglomorate which owns many newspapers in Britain (including the tabloid The Sun, The Mirror and the broadsheet The Times of London), Australia, the New York Post and TV Guide in the US, the HarperCollins book publishing company, 20th Century Fox, Sky Television the monopoly pay-television operator in the United Kingdom and operating in much of Europe, the Fox Network a US-wide television network, the Fox News cable channel, and Star TV, an Asian satellite TV service.
Murdoch is generally regarded as the single most politically influential media proprietor in the world, and is regularly courted by politicians, especially current and past British Prime Minsters, who attempt to convince him to run favourable coverage. His politics are right-wing; he regularly runs partisan media coverage for political parties that promote policies and decisions which favour his commercial interests. For example, it is believed that Murdoch tried to suppress the publication of the memoirs of Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, in an attempt to curry favour with the mainland Chinese political leadership - Pattern's book was very critical of the Chinese government. Whatever the motives, the book was dropped from publication by Murdoch's HarperCollins book publishing company. It was only because of Pattern's political influence that the story came to light and the book was later published by a non-News Corperation house. It is speculated that Murdoch wanted to please the Chinese government because this all happened around the time he was attempting to get a foot-hold in the Chinese market with the launch of Star TV.
In his early years of newspaper ownership Murdoch was an agressive, micromanaging entrepreneur, notably taking on British printers' unions to reduce his staff costs, and exploiting the selling power of soft-core pornography (in the form of page three girls including Samantha Fox to increase circulation). This confrontation during 1986-1987 with the unions (NGA and SOGAT) was considerable. The move of News International's London operation from Fleet Street to Wapping resulted in nightly pitched battles and riots outside the new plant and TNT (a delivery operation owned by Murdoch and used to deliver newspapers during the disturbances); lorries and depots were frequently and violently attacked.
In 1985 Murdoch became a United States citizen in order to satisfy current legislation hat only United States citizens could own American television stations. By 1991 his Australian-based News Corporation, Limited had amassed huge debts which necessitated Murdoch to sell many of the American magazine interests that he acquired in the mid 1980s. In 1995 Murdoch's Fox Network became the object of intense scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission (FcC) after the case that Murdoch's foreign ownership of Fox Broadcasting contrvened current leislation. The FCC, however, ruled in Murdoch's favour, stating that his ownership of Fox Broadcasting was in the public's best interests. In the same year Murdoch announced a deal with MCI to develop a major news website as well as funding a weekly magazine about politics that contained a right wing conservative view.
Murdoch divorced from Anna Murdoch in 1998 and married Wendi Deng, a junior executive in News Corporation's Asian operations 40 years his junior, soon afterward. He has four children from his previous marriage, his adult son Lachlan expected to take over running the corporation at some stage in the future. Murdoch became an American citizen in the 1980s in order to be allowed to own American television stations.
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