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... as long as he's profitable


 Rupert Murdoch: 
 Conan Could 
 Head to Fox ... 

News Corp. head says 'conversations' have taken place with O'Brien

Feb 3, 10 8:29 AM CST
PROFILE



 Ailes Drives 
 Fox News' 
 Fantastic 
 Success 

CEO's midwestern values shaped right-wing powerhouse

Jan 10, 10 12:13 PM CST

Time Warner, Fox Extend Talks, Keep Channels On

News Corp., cable giant  keep negotiating over fees past deadline

Jan 1, 10 6:02 AM CST
see ya, homer

Time Warner Fox Stations May Go Dark Tomorrow
 

News Corp. memo says no deal in sight

Dec 30, 09 5:24 PM CST
Year in Review

 America's Greediest People 

Larry Ellison heads up a list full of no-good rich folks

Dec 23, 09 2:12 PM CST
RUPERT MURDOCH



 A Bailout 
 Would Be 
 a Disaster 
 for Journalism 

Future of journalism depends on paid content

Dec 8, 09 8:15 AM CST

Bing, News Corp Talks
Offer Hope for Media

Media could gain from brewing bidding war

Nov 23, 09 3:39 AM CST

Twitter Founder:
Murdoch Will 'Fail Fast'

Biz Stone thinks plan to put up online paywalls is folly

Nov 19, 09 12:00 PM CST

 Rupe Disses 
 'in-the-Dark' 
 Blind NY Gov 

Murdoch: Paterson 'doesn't really know what's going on'

Nov 18, 09 6:54 AM CST
ANALYSIS

Rupe Not Likely to Yank Content From Google

But News Corp.
will erect
higher pay walls

Nov 16, 09 1:21 AM CST
STAND BY YOUR MAN

 I Agree With 
 Beck—Obama's 
 Racist: Murdoch 

Asked about Beck brouhaha, News Corp. chairman is unrepentant

Nov 10, 09 9:58 AM CST
WEB NEWS WARS

 News Corp. May 
 Shield All Content 
 From Google 

Murdoch says move will wait until paywalls go up at newspaper sites

Nov 9, 09 12:52 PM CST
OPINION

 Fox Ain't News, It's 
 'the Opposition Party' 

Other media outlets need to highlight 'propaganda:' Boehlert

Oct 13, 09 1:40 PM CDT
OPINION

 Why Rupert 
 Murdoch Won't 
 Buy NBC Stake 

The News Corp. mogul is interested, but the deal will likely not go through

Oct 13, 09 11:53 AM CDT
OPINION

 Why Murdoch Must 
 Fire Glenn Beck 

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT

 Brown, Labour 
 Fuming After 
 Murdoch Backs 
 Conservatives 

Oct 1, 09 11:28 AM CDT
OPINION

 'Tragedy Porn' 
 Drags Down 
 News Sources 

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

Sep 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT

Berlusconi Slaps European Papers With Libel Suits

Lawyers probe 'cases of real, true defamation'

Aug 28, 09 10:27 AM CDT

News Corp. Talks Universal Paywall With Times, Post

Aug 21, 09 8:05 AM CDT
OPINION

 Fox Is Killing the GOP 

Aug 8, 09 7:51 AM CDT

London Paper Is Murdoch's Paywall Test Ground

Aug 7, 09 5:37 AM CDT

 What Truce? O'Reilly, 
 Olbermann Back in the Ring 

Olbermann calls O'Reilly 'worst'; O'Reilly attacks GE

Aug 6, 09 11:12 AM CDT

 No More 
 Free News 
 Online: 
 Murdoch  

Mogul steps up plans to charge for all News Corp's web offerings

Aug 6, 09 2:17 AM CDT

Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

Jul 12, 09 7:24 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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