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Jul 25, 2024 · His decision to step down as chairman of his companies last year sent shock waves through the political world as it geared up for the 2024 presidential race – with Murdoch commanding...
Jul 24, 2024 · The 93-year-old media mogul’s influence has been tested in elections on three continents. Rupert Murdoch (centre) at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week ...
May 15, 2024 · Murdoch’s new role at the centre of imperial power was illustrated by a dinner party he gave at his London flat in honour of Hughes. The other guests included David Lloyd George, Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Northcliffe, the chief of the imperial general staff, and the editor of The Times.
Nov 1, 2023 · Through the 1970s, his politics moved to the right, culminating in his support – and The Sun’s much sought-after editorial endorsement – of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party.
- Liberalism and Sensationalism
- Bold Moves
- An Old Friend Sacked
Rupert let Rivett develop the News into the most liberal daily paper in the country, one with a social conscience that published very different views tothe establishment Advertiser. Murdoch learned all he could by working in various roles at the paper and developed a reputation for his overwhelming energy and for rolling up his sleeves and observin...
Murdoch made two bold moves in Adelaide in 1958–59. One was politicaland the other commercial, and as journalist and author George Munster noted, these moves were not well coordinated; they ran in opposite directions. The News took a strong stance on the trial of Rupert Max Stuart, an Indigenous carnival worker who had been convicted in 1958 of the...
While the Adelaide establishment was still buzzing about the Stuart case, Murdoch made an audacious bid to gain control of the Advertiser. Backed by the Commonwealth Bank, Murdoch made an offer of more than £14 million in shares and cash to Advertiser Newspapers Ltd. At a time when News Limited had less than £1.8 million in shareholders’ funds, it ...
Sep 23, 2023 · His father was reporter and newspaper proprietor Keith Murdoch, who made his name evading military censors to report on the chaotic and deadly Gallipoli campaign, which cost the lives of more than ...
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Jul 16, 2024 · Rupert Murdoch Shows Up at Republican Convention. The media titan’s attendance in Milwaukee was another extraordinary turn in his contorted relationship with Donald J. Trump.
