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Rupert Murdoch stories: 170 news summaries

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned because Fox News “dangled Oprah-type money plus the promise of a 24/7 platform from which she can energize the base for a few years,” blogger Ruth Ann Harnisch guesses—and that visibility would be a great move if she wants to be president. “She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

(Newser) - In the distant past, Indian parents arranged marriages with the help of relations and local priests. These days, they’re turning to Rupert Murdoch. News Corp’s Star TV has launched a daily reality show called Star Vivaah, or Star Weddings, a kind of video personals for prospective brides, grooms,... More »

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reality TV • Rupert Murdoch • India • arranged marriage • News Corp

ANALYSIS

 How MySpace Lost Its Crown 

Failure to innovate halts site's once red-hot momentum, letting Facebook take the lead

Jun 17, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace was overtaken by Facebook for the first time last month and without some serious innovation, Rupert Murdoch's big buy may end up joining Friendster in the ranks of the also-rans, Dawn Chmielewski and David Sarno write in the Los Angeles Times. The world of social networking moves at an... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • Friendster • Twitter • Fox Interactive Media

Murdoch Near Deal to Sell Weekly Standard

Wall Street Journal makes conservative mag unnecessary

Jun 11, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is close to a deal to sell the Weekly Standard to billionaire media mogul Philip Anschutz, the Los Angeles Times reports. The conservative magazine boasts a modest circulation of 83,000, though Murdoch has long prized the cachet it granted him in Washington. But Murdoch... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Weekly Standard • Los Angeles Kings • News Corp • Philip Anschutz • Staples Center

DirecTV Boss to Be Murdoch's New Vice-Chair

Carey will return to News Corp to replace Chernin at month's end

Jun 1, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of DirecTV is Rupert Murdoch’s choice to be the new No. 2 at News Corp, execs tell the Wrap. Chase Carey will return to the company where he’s held numerous top posts to replace Peter Chernin, whose contract ends this month—though Carey would be vice-chairman,... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • News Corp • Peter Chernin • Chase Carey

WSJ Plans Micro-Payments for Web Access

News Corp. paper
will charge for individual articles

May 11, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal will introduce a system of micro-payments for access to articles on its website, becoming the first newspaper to charge readers for individual stories. The service will target casual users unlikely to pay more than $100 for an annual online subscription, editor-in-chief Robert Thomson told the Financial ... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • News Corp • Robert Thomson • Jay-ZTV

Murdoch: I'll Charge for News Sites Within Year

New York Post, London Times may join Journal behind pay wall

May 7, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you think you can get your newspaper online for free, you can just think again, says News Corp honcho Rupert Murdoch, who plans to charge for access to his papers' websites "within the next 12 months" in an attempt to fix a "malfunctioning" business model. Murdoch... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • New York Post • News Corp • newspaper industry • free news • Times of London

 Fox Nixes Obama's 
 Airtime Request 

Network decides Tim Roth trumps president in sweeps programming

Apr 28, 09 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox is passing on President Obama's news conference tomorrow night in favor of a new episode of Tim Roth’s drama Lie to Me, reports the Los Angeles Times. The president's requests for airtime—tomorrow makes four in under 100 days—have caused some griping among networks worried about their... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Fox • President Obama • Lie To Me • prime time • Tim Roth

(Newser) - Content aggregators like Google—and yes, the humble site you’re reading now—are “parasites or tech tapeworms in the intestines of the Internet,” Robert Thomson, editor of the Wall Street Journal, told fellow News Corp. paper the Australian last week. He warned that the “... More »

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Google • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • online newspapers • News Corp • Robert Thomson • aggregator

Murdoch: Papers Need to Charge for Web Access

Journal subscription plan 'not a gold mine, but it's not bad'

Apr 3, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times ought to be charging people to read its content, and so should every other newspaper that wants to survive, Rupert Murdoch said today. “People reading news for free on the Web, that’s got to change,” the News Corp chief said at a Washington... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • online newspapers • News Corp

On Fox, Beck Profits With Doomsday Scenarios

New pundit's ratings up in Obama admin

Mar 6, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - On Fox News, Glenn Beck is pushing the apocalypse—and it’s working out nicely for him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Beck’s new show averaged 2.2 million viewers during February, double the number attracted by the time slot last year. Why does Beck think the Obama administration... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Fox News • Roger Ailes • Glenn Beck • pundits • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative media

 Murdoch: I'm Not Cowed by Recession, Chernin Exit

MySpace co-founder denies rumors he's considering jumping ship

Feb 25, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is touting his own "contrarian" tendencies as what will see News Corp. through the current recession and the implosion of the print media business. “In the past, we have met downturns with vigor, often departing from the herd. We have emerged much stronger," he said... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Tom Anderson • News Corp • Peter Chernin

 Murdoch Sorry for Cartoon 

Says it was only intended to mock stimulus

Feb 24, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch eats some crow today, with a short statement in the New York Post apologizing for the now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon. “I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused,” Murdoch writes. “The only intent of that... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • race relations • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • News Corp

News Corp Prez Chernin to Quit in Summer

Murdoch bids adieu to top exec who ran Fox film and television

Feb 23, 09 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin is parting ways with Rupert Murdoch when his contract runs out in June, the Wall Street Journal reports. The departure comes as the company's stock has plunged more than two thirds over the past year and the media business is in tatters. Chernin,... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • News Corp • Peter Chernin

 News Corp. Posts $6.4B Loss 


Feb 5, 09 5:23 PM CST
(AP) - News Corp., the global media giant controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said today it lost $6.4 billion in its most recent quarter because of a massive write-down in the value of its assets. The company, which owns the Wall Street Journal and Fox, also forecast a 30% drop in operating... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • earnings reports • recession • Fox News • News Corp • economic downturn

OPINION

Black Berates Newser Founder From Jail

News mogul attacks biography's depiction
of rival Murdoch

Dec 17, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Convicted felon Conrad Black has skipped time in the exercise yard to pen a review from prison of the new biography of his old rival Rupert Murdoch. Black complains that biographer Michael Wolff is at once too deferential and takes "extreme psychological liberties" in The Man Who Owns the ... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Conrad Black • biography • book • News Corp • Michael Wolff • Daily Beast

 One Year On: 
 Murdoch Dances, 
 News Corp Mourns 

Purchase of Dow Jones came at worst possible time

Dec 16, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Those hesitant Bancrofts who sold the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch last year have something to smile about this Christmas. Murdoch may be delighted with his new toy, but News Corp.'s share price has plunged 61%, farther than even perennial underperformer Time Warner. One year after its acquisition... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • American media • News Corp • newspaper industry

Regan Attacks
Newser Founder


Dec 14, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Judith Regan is ready to take her rage to court, Rush & Molloy write in the New York Daily News. The former Harper Collins publisher says Newser founder Michael Wolff crossed the line by calling her "reviled" and "unemployable" in his book, The Man Who ... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • lawsuit • Judith Regan • Michael Wolff

Murdoch Sees Opportunity in NYT's Troubles

Bio says he'd love to acquire it, make Sulzberger his 'puppet'

Dec 6, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - First the Journal and next the New York Times? The Economist takes a look at Rupert Murdoch's "ever-stronger" ambition to acquire the Times, as laid out in a new biography, The Man Who Owns the News, by Newser founder Michael Wolff. Murdoch views the Times as his "favorite... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • News Corp • Michael Wolff

analysis

Murdoch Relies More
on Impulse Than Vision


Nov 29, 08 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch may be a titan of the media world, but don't look too deeply to figure out what motivates him. In fact, the "most radical idea" in a new biography of Murdoch by Newser founder Michael Wolff is "that there was never a vision or a broad... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • publishing • News Corp • Michael Wolff

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