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Rupert Murdoch stories: 170 news summaries

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Family Deadlock Looms for
News Corp. 

No tie-breaker deal for 4 Murdoch heirs with voting power: Wolff

Nov 28, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - News Corp. could be headed for a deadlock when 77-year-old Rupert Murdoch's heirs take over, the Financial Times writes, based on a reading of Newser founder Michael Wolff's upcoming book, The Man Who Owns the News. An agreement giving equal shares in the Murdoch family’s stake to all 6... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • James Murdoch • Lachlan Murdoch • Michael Wolff • Elizabeth Murdoch

 Journal Poaches 
 Times' Ad Dollars 

Expansion of coverage under Murdoch has lured high-end retailers to WSJ

Nov 21, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are in an advertising war, and it appears the Journal is winning, Bloomberg reports. Notable accounts, particularly in the luxury market, are fleeing to the Times’ rival. “They’re definitely stealing advertising dollars,” one analyst said of the Journal,... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • advertising • Wall Street Journal • Bill Keller • print advertising • Robert Thomson • economic downturn

analysis

 Has Obama 
 Tipped Murdoch Left? 

NY Post coverage trumpets president-elect

Nov 17, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Media watchers have been tracking the post-election New York Post with particular interest: Instead of being dyspeptic over the Democratic presidential win, Rupert Murdoch's gleefully right-wing tabloid has treated Barack Obama to coverage ranging, as the New York Times puts it, "from warm and fuzzy to downright heroic."... More »

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Barack Obama • Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • News Corp • liberal • Michael Wolff • President Obama

GLOSSIES

 Meet the Murdochs, 
 the Last News Dynasty 

6 children compete for affection and business, writes Wolff

Nov 3, 08 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - In an age of MBA-holding executives and shareholder revolts, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is that rarest thing: a business dynasty. The media mogul's six children, by three different wives, have conducted their power plays in public and private. But as Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair, while the elder... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Wendi Deng • James Murdoch • Lachlan Murdoch • News Corp • Michael Wolff

(Newser) - It won't surprise anyone that Rupert Murdoch managed to get his hands on an advance copy of Michael Wolff's upcoming biography of him, despite a strict embargo, or that he complained to the publisher over some of the contents. Murdoch gave Wolff more than 50 hours of interviews and access... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Dow Jones • Roger Ailes • News Corp • Michael Wolff • Peter Chernin

analysis

NYC's Elites Want More
of the Mayor

Papers, biz leaders on board for another Bloomberg term

Oct 6, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York’s opinion leaders are presenting a united front in favor of suspending term limits so Michael Bloomberg can serve a third term as mayor, David Carr writes for the New York Times. With the city facing job loss and financial crisis, everyone likes Mike, at least for another... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • New York Post • Michael Bloomberg • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • New York Daily News • term limits

 MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

Rival launches today

Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace... More »

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Steve Jobs • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • iTunes • Apple • Sony • EMI • MP3 • Amazon • MySpace Music

Opinion

 NY Post Endorses McCain 

Praises 'battle-tested courage' over Obama's inexperience

Sep 8, 08 8:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Post “emphatically” endorsed John McCain today, praising the Arizona senator’s “battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle,” and national security acumen, and dismissing the “tissue-paper-thin resume” of Barack Obama. Despite decades in Washington, McCain “is not of Washington,” the More »

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John McCain • Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • newspaper endorsement • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Obama to Face O'Reilly During McCain Speech

Democrat's first visit to Fox News show follows Murdoch truce

Sep 3, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - It seems the "tentative truce" between Barack Obama and media mogul Rupert Murdoch is beginning to bear fruit, Politico reports, with the Democratic candidate set to appear on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor tomorrow before John McCain’s speech to the Republican National Convention. It will be Obama’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Rupert Murdoch • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Fox network • Republican National Convention

'Rupert Murdoch Is Becoming
a Liberal'

Mogul held secret meeting with Obama to negotiate a truce: Wolff

Sep 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch isn't what you've been told, Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He's not a destroyer of journalism—he is perhaps the last great lover of newspapers. And he’s actually turning liberal. Yes, he’s still a free-marketeer, but Murdoch has been seduced by his second wife’s... More »

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Barack Obama • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Fox • Roger Ailes • News Corp • liberal

 Big Bucks Flock to Beijing 


Aug 9, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Beijing Olympics are a celebration of sport, for sure, but they are happening in China, which makes them a business opportunity unlike earlier Games. Folks with deep pockets are converging on the capital to wheel and deal, with an eye to the emerging middle-class market of some 300 million... More »

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China • Rupert Murdoch • Coca Cola • business • 2008 Beijing Olympics • capitalism

Facebook Just 'Flavor of the Month': Murdoch

Rival that's overtaken his MySpace merely 'directory,' not network

Jun 23, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch today insulted the rival of his popular MySpace, calling Facebook the “flavor of the month” and a mere “directory”—on the occasion of his social networking sinking to the No. 2 spot in worldwide traffic. The media mogul said Facebook was not a real social... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • News Corp

OPINION

Murdoch's Journal
 Wins Back a Fan 

Slate critic once thought Murdoch would kill storied paper

Jun 15, 08 8:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's attempt to make the Wall Street Journal the "first read" for elites, rather than playing second to the New York Times on non-financial stories, looked like a recipe for disaster to Jack Shafer. It was likely to result in me-too coverage crowding out the Journal's signature reporting,... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • journalism • Jack Shafer • enterprise reporting

Murdoch Set to Finance Editor
in UK Election

Sun editor will run
in special vote on terrorism laws

Jun 13, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the personal backing of Rupert Murdoch, the former editor of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid is set to run in a special election triggered by yesterday's surprise resignation of a top Tory. Kelvin MacKenzie, who edited Murdoch's Sun for more than a decade, is preparing to contest the seat vacated by... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • United Kingdom • British Parliament • detention without trial • David Davis • Kelvin MacKenzie • 42 days

Failed Microhoo
Deal Baffling
to Murdoch

Media mogul blames Microsoft's lack of 'big deal' experience

May 29, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s lack of experience in “buying big things” is a major reason the company didn’t seal its buyout of Yahoo, media mogul Rupert Murdoch tells CNET, who adds he was “mystified” at the lack of a deal. An alliance between Yahoo and Google—"just gushing... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • Jerry Yang

Murdoch Names Thomson New Journal Editor

Publisher takes over spot left open after forced resignation

May 21, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has named Wall Street Journal publisher Robert J. Thomson as its top editor, reports the New York Times. Thomson, whom Murdoch made publisher just five months ago, was previously the top editor of Murdoch's Times of London. His appointment is expected to speed the pace of change at... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli • Robert Thomson

 Cablevision Buys Newsday 

LI company wins battle for paper

May 12, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cablevision will pay Tribune Co. $650 million for Newsday, the companies said this morning. The cable operator's bid for the Long Island daily and its free offshoot amNew York topped $580 million offers from New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman and News Corp., reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Cablevision • Newsday • Mortimer Zuckerman

 Murdoch Drops Newsday Bid 

News Corp. calls matching Cablevision's $650 million offer "uneconomical"

May 10, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has dropped his $580 million bid for Newsday. Cable operator Cablevision has offered $650 million for the Long Island daily, and Murdoch’s News Corp. said a higher bid would be “uneconomical.” The media tycoon’s dropout was unexpected, Reuters says, considering Murdoch recently told... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Cablevision • Newsday • News Corp • Mortimer Zuckerman

analysis

Journal Staff Uneasy as Murdoch Era Rolls On

Some worry paper will lose its business edge

May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions are running high in the Wall Street Journal’s newsroom, the New Republic reports, as staffers wonder just where this Murdoch thing is going. Managing editor Marcus Brauchli’s resignation still hangs heavy in the air. Murdoch pushed Brauchli to resign, and paid him millions to sign a non-disclosure... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli

OPINION

MySpace Web's 'Biggest Steal'

Despite missing revenue targets, Mashable scribe not afraid to 'wax poetic'

May 8, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace fell short of revenue targets in the most recent quarter, but, Adam Ostrow argues in Mashable, it’s still proven a phenomenal deal since Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought it for $580 million in 2005. Revenues from its unit are pulling close to its purchase price and it’... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • acquisition • corporate earnings • News Corp

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