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Keith Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born American media mogul who founded News Corp.Murdoch's father, Sir Keith Murdoch, was a reporter and editor who became a senior executive of The Herald and Weekly Times publishing company, covering all Australian states except New South Wales. After his father's death in 1952, Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered media public company and created his own private company, News Limited.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Murdoch acquired a number of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969, taking over the News of the World, followed closely by The Sun. In 1974, Murdoch moved to New York City, to expand into the U.S. market; however, he retained interests in Australia and Britain. In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first British broadsheet and, in 1985, became a naturalized U.S. citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for U.S. television network ownership.In 1986, keen to adopt newer electronic publishing technologies, Murdoch consolidated his UK printing operations in Wapping, causing bitter industrial disputes. His holding company News Corporation acquired Twentieth Century Fox , HarperCollins , and The Wall Street Journal . Murdoch formed the British broadcaster BSkyB in 1990 and, during the 1990s, expanded into Asian networks and South American television. By 2000, Murdoch's News Corporation owned over 800 companies in more than 50 countries, with a net worth of over $5 billion.

In July 2011, Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including the News of the World, owned by News Corporation, had been regularly hacking the phones of celebrities, royalty, and public citizens. Murdoch faced police and government investigations into bribery and corruption by the British government and FBI investigations in the U.S. On 21 July 2012, Murdoch resigned as a director of News International. On 1 July 2015, Murdoch left his post as CEO of 21st Century Fox. However, Murdoch and his family would continue to own both 21st Century Fox until 2019 and News Corp through the Murdoch Family Trust until 20th Century Fox itself was purchased by Disney.In July 2016, after the resignation of Roger Ailes due to accusations of sexual harassment, Murdoch was named the acting CEO of Fox News. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. March 1931
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Famous Rupert Murdoch Quotes

“While it's impossible to be completely prepared for a downturn of this magnitude, we began priming ourselves for a weakening economy earlier last year. We have implemented strict cost cutting measures across all our operations. We have reduced headcount in individual businesses where appropriate and we've scaled back on capital expenditures. Even in plush times, we have never been a company that tolerates fat. So in times like these, we are better positioned to weather this cycle than our competitors.”

Rupert Murdoch

About News Corp. 6.4 billion quarterly lost in 2008-09
Source: News Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript http://seekingalpha.com/article/118935-news-corporation-f2q09-qtr-end-12-31-08-earnings-call-transcript?page=-1

“Keith Olbermann is trying to make a business out of destroying Bill O'Reilly. He's done certain things to Bill O'Reilly that I believe were way over the line. I think that's bad behavior. But it's okay for him to criticize Bill. And Bill shouldn't be so sensitive. He should ignore that.”

Rupert Murdoch

Asked about Bill O'Reilly's main on-air rival MSNBC host Keith Olbermann
Source: Rupert Murdoch Has Potential http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/rupert-murdoch-1008

“People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/murdoch-says-go.html

“Well, except for ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, the Washington Post, and about another 100 newspapers, I find little evidence of liberal bias in the media.”

Rupert Murdoch

Asked about liberal bias in the mainstream media.[citation needed]

“Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: The 64-gigabyte shape of the future, Washington Post, May 7, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050603353.html

“In this country, Fox News has gotten a big, big audience that appreciates its independence. There's passion there, and it's pushed. … It has taken a long boot time, but it has now changed CNN because it has challenged them — they've become more centrist in their choice of stories. They're trying to become, using our phrase, more fair and balanced.”

Rupert Murdoch

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Rupert Murdoch Quotes

“News — communicating news and ideas, I guess — is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers to read (and) alternative television channels.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: [J. Dowling, Robert, Dialogue: Rupert Murdoch, Paula Parisi, Hollywood Reporter, 2005-11-17, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001479108, http://web.archive.org/20051128173327/www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001479108, 2005-11-28]

People , Communication , Idea , Passion

“They’ve started it. We’ve had bitter, personal attack on some of our people. They tried to destroy our credibility as a network. But it is only natural that the people can stand who were personally attacked and their children were personally attacked should fight back and I support them. I support my people completely.”

Rupert Murdoch

Asked about feud between News Corp. with GE and MSNBC
Source: Countdown's Worst Person: Threats and Feuds Edition http://crooksandliars.com/2008/06/03/countdowns-worst-person-threats-and-feuds-edition

Children , People , Support , Nature

“After all, we are in the entertainment business.”

Rupert Murdoch

Remarks after the Hitler diaries turned out to be forgeries.
Robert Harris, Selling Hitler

Business

“The greatest thing to come out of this [the war in Iraq] for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: Murdoch praises Blair's 'courage' http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/feb/12/uk.iraqandthemedia

War , World , Way , Country

“Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: News Corp : Making of a global media business http://www.icmr.icfai.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy3/BSTA076.htm

World , Hell , Change

“I have to admit that until recently I was somewhat wary of the warming debate. But I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue.”

Rupert Murdoch

Source: Changing views to global warming http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2006/1785926.htm#transcript

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