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
I have never asked a prime minister for anything
We're in pretty intense discussions with the biggest cable companies, and making quite considerable progress. You can expect something fairly soon.
Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?
I think it's too early to comment on that. I think you can certainly discern that we would certainly be interested if General Motors decides to do anything.
I would really like to know a little bit more about what his vision is for the future of this country and his people. Some facts and some real policies rather than just a lot of almost throw-away positions they take to change their image.
We have a very civil relationship, but I just gotta watch him so that, in the interests of all shareholders, you can't have someone creep up and get control of the company without paying a premium.
We are in advanced negotiations to buy a controlling interest in what we think is a wonderful search engine, but (for what) you will think is an insignificant price,
And, while we faced comparisons to a record quarter year ago at our film studio, we released a number of successful films this quarter each of which should generate strong returns later this fiscal year when distributed in home entertainment.
We do recognize the fact that the share price at the moment is rotten, ... There's some disconnect between our company's growth and the share price.
This is a strategic move to further strengthen our book publishing business.
It will happen either in the last part of the year or the first month of next year,
As a broadcaster, he had an uncanny knack of knowing what people across the country were thinking.
People grab the paper, tear the DVD off and throw away the paper. They've got to learn. That's got to stop.
The sky is the limit, ... Certainly we would see revenue over $US500 million (and) we would hope $US1 billion. But it will probably be somewhere in between there.