Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch /ˈmɜːrdɒk/, AC, KCSGis an Australian-born American media mogul. His father, Keith Arthur Murdoch, had been a reporter and editor and a senior executive of the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper publishing company covering all Australian states except New South Wales. After his father's death in 1952 Keith Rupert Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited. Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 March 1931
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryUnited States of America
Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?
I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.
We have no intention of failing. The only question is how great a success we'll have.
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.
People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change.
Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic.
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Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?
Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it.
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.
I did not come all this way not to interfere
For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.
We're not spending enough money, but probably we let the teachers unions set curriculas which don't teach them the right things. There's not emphasis on the ...the basic learning that you need if you're going to go on in a college and into post-graduate work.
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.