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Rupert Murdoch stories: 170 news summaries

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 May-December Effect Is Real  

Age gap at first marriage shrinks

May 7, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The older men are when they walk down the aisle, the more likely they are to have a younger bride, according to a new study. Famous May-December pairings usually involve the rich and famous—think Donald Trump or Larry King—but the trend holds up at every income level, the... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Donald Trump • Wendi Deng • Dennis Kucinich • Larry King • Melania Trump

earnings report

Murdoch's
News Corp. Triples Profit

Media conglomerate earns $2.7B, thanks
mainly to DirecTV deal

May 7, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate tripled its profit last quarter on improved results from its cable and broadcast networks and the sale of DirecTV, MarketWatch reports. News Corp. earned $2.7 billion, or 91 cents a share, up from $871 million, or 27 cents a share, in the same quarter last... More »

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DirecTV • Rupert Murdoch • Fox • Juno • Super Bowl XLII • News Corp • 20th Century Fox

World's Most Influential
Make Time

Bernanke, Pitt, Clooney & Putin join list of 100 movers & shakers

May 5, 08 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s not often Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, and Judd Apatow find themselves on the same list. But they've all made Time's annual pick of the world’s 100 most influential people, ranging from artists and intellectuals to scientists and politicians (including George Bush and all three presidential hopefuls).... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Angelina Jolie • Rupert Murdoch • Brad Pitt • list • Michael Bloomberg • Oscar Pistorius • Mia Farrow • Robert Downey Jr. • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • George W. Bush • Karl Lagerfeld • Suze Orman • John Bezos

OPINION

Cut the Charade: Let Rupert Have His Way With Journal

Let's stop kidding ourselves: he's taking it anyway

May 1, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Let’s stop kidding ourselves, Jack Shafer writes in Slate: Rupert Murdoch is seizing control of the Wall Street Journal, and we might as well be done with the “Special Committee” that was supposed to protect editorial independence. The Bancroft family insisted on the creation of the board, which... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Bancroft family • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli • editorial independence

WSJ Oversight Panel Slams Editor's Ouster

Removal violated 'letter and spirit' of agreement with News Corp.

Apr 29, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A committee formed to protect the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal from Rupert Murdoch’s influence said today the solicited resignation of managing editor Macrus Brauchli violated an agreement with Murdoch's News Corporation, Reuters reports. The committee is supposed to review all high-level hirings and firings, but, as... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • Bancroft family • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli • editorial independence

OPINION

Paid Off And Gagged, WSJ Honchos Betray Treasured Trust

Murdoch burns paper's 'fundamental value'

Apr 28, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - More top Wall Street Journal execs have been spit out by the Murdoch machine, and the staff they leave behind is furious they’re leaving so quietly. Zipping their mouths was part of hefty severance packages, David Carr notes in the New York Times, and as the line evaporates between... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • News Corp • voluntary severance • Marcus Brauchli • non-disclosure agreement • Stuart Karle

Daily News Owner Makes Newsday Bid

Zuckerman v. Murdoch fight may hinge on
who can clear FCC

Apr 26, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has matched Rupert Murdoch's bid for Newsday, the New York Times reports—but didn't go a penny over the $580 million the New York Post owner offered. Instead Zuckerman claimed his bid is the better one because, unlike Murdoch's, it doesn't run the risk of... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • FCC • Tribune Company • Cablevision • New York Post • Newsday • New York Daily News • Mortimer Zuckerman

Murdoch Calls FCC Bluff With Newsday Move

News Corp. would need waiver to dodge anti-consolidation rules

Apr 23, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is betting new federal standards limiting media ownership to one TV station and one newspaper (per market) won't keep him from buying a fifth New York outlet. The mogul has long held waivers to control media in excess of the rules, and he doesn't think recent enforcement pledges... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • FCC • Wall Street Journal • New York Post • Newsday • News Corp • waiver • WNYW-TV • WWOR-TV

Exiting Journal Editor Was Stuck Between Rupe and 'DNA'

Murdoch wanted own man, faster change

Apr 23, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continuing to report on the aftershocks of its own takeover, the Wall Street Journal does a postmortem on the departure of top editor Marcus Brauchli, detailing his uncomfortable position between a demanding new owner and the paper's institutional “DNA.” Rupert Murdoch wanted to build a direct competitor to... More »

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

UPDATED

Read All About It: Journal Posts 'Help Wanted' Sign

Managing editor quits, will consult for News Corp.

Apr 22, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Marcus Brauchli officially resigned as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal this afternoon, the paper said it will "begin a search for Mr. Brauchli's replacement immediately." That may prove difficult: Brauchli, who will remain with News Corp. as a consultant,   wasn't given the control over... More »

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

 Murdoch
 Closing In on
 Newsday Deal 

Media mogul about to grab third New York paper

Apr 22, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire is closing in on a deal to buy Newsday from the Tribune Company for an $850 million package, reports Reuters. Under the terms of the deal, Newsday would be run as a joint venture with the New York Post, but the papers would remain separate... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Tribune Company • New York Post • acquisition • Newsday • media ownership • News Corp

Top Editor
Bails on
Journal

Four months under Murdoch regime enough for Brauchli

Apr 22, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four months into the Rupert Murdoch era, the Wall Street Journal’s managing editor is resigning. Marcus Brauchli, in the job since May, has tried to chart a path between Murdoch and the paper’s traditionalists, sources told Time, which broke the story on its website. The split is... More »

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

 Bloomberg
 Won't Buy
 NY Times 

Billionaire not interested in ailing paper

Apr 22, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the New York Times is wooing potential buyers as many have speculated, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to be an ideal suitor. He heads a media empire, has a $12 billion fortune and the acumen to go mano-a-mano with Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal—and he'll have... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • Michael Bloomberg • Boston Globe • Ochs-Sulzberger • Harbinger • Firebrand Partners

Murdoch's Journal Readies Battle Against the Times

Clash of titans recalls Hearst v. Pulitzer

Apr 20, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A newly Rupert Murdoch-ified Wall Street Journal throws down the gauntlet at the New York Times tomorrow, reports Newsweek, in the biggest battle of newspaper titans since Hearst v. Pulitzer. Murdoch is looking for (more) power and respect from the journalistic elite at a time when the Gray Lady is... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • journalism • William Randolph Hearst • News Corp • Joseph Pulitzer

MySpace Cuts Distribution Deal for Its Video Content

Social network labels itself 'digital playground'

Apr 11, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace has signed with a British production firm for international distribution of video content it develops, in a sign that News Corp's social network aims to be a breeding ground for small-screen programming. Indeed, in revealing the deal with the Shine Group—whose CEO is News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch’... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • online TV • ShineReveille

 Yahoo, AOL May Merge; 
 Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks 

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

Apr 9, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • hostile takeover • merger • Jerry Yang • AdSense • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

Murdoch Heir's Deal for Aussie Media Mainstay Falls Apart

Consolidated Media won't budge on price

Apr 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A $3 billion bid for control of Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings by Rupert Murdoch’s son, Lachlan, is dead in the water after Murdoch’s financial backers and CMH—a major magazine and TV player—failed to agree to a price for the takeover, the Australian reports today. The original... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • acquisition • Providence Equity • Lachlan Murdoch • James Packer • Consolidated Media Holdings • CMH • Kerry Packer • Foxtel • Nine Network • Illyria

ANALYSIS

Newsday Sale Another Bad Sign in Teetering Industry

New paper owners face outlook grimmer than those that scared off predecessors

Mar 24, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just last year, Sam Zell was optimistic enough about newspapers to buy the Tribune Company. Now he’s selling Newsday, one of the conglomerate’s top publications. “The news business is something worse than horrible,” he said recently. Across the industry, gung-ho new owners like Zell are experiencing... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Avista Capital Partners • Newsday • Mortimer Zuckerman • Minneapolis Star-Tribune • Poynter Institute • Brian Tierney • San Jose Mercury News • Gannett

 Zell Might Sell Newsday 

Tribune Co. may unload paper; Rupert Murdoch is interested

Mar 20, 08 9:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Falling ad revenues could push Sam Zell's Tribune Company to sell Newsday, the Long Island newspaper with the 10th-highest circulation in the nation, the New York Times reports. Among those interested are Rupert Murdoch, who already owns the New York Post. Also in the running are the owner of the... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • New York Post • ad revenue • Newsday • News Corp • James L. Dolan • Mortimer Zuckerman

Murdoch
Shuts Down PageSix.com

Online version of
Post gossip column ends after 3 months

Mar 20, 08 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - PageSix.com, the online version of the New York Post's celebrity gossip column, is shutting down after just three months, Gawker reports. The Rupert Murdoch project attracted 1 million pageviews last week when it published photos of Eliot Spitzer's escort, but, "given the difficulty in the economy, it was... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Page Six • New York Post • Fox News • gossip • Fox • TMZ • Perez Hilton • News Corp • economy

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