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...custody battle. After an investigation the charges were dropped. The keynote address was delivered by a former foreign correspondent, Ernest Coates, who had been charged with aggravated sexual assault of his son and daughter but was acquitted. Introduced as someone who "sees his children only in his dreams," the Australian-born Coates claimed he was the victim of state-paid psychologists, young lawyers on the make and a troubled wife...
...hiding the facts, many American papers carried the U.P.I. report of 2,000 deaths, from an anonymous source in Kiev, but scrupulously did not sensationalize what could not be verified. The one major exception was the New York Post, that cynical tabloid that continues to lose millions for its Australian-born publisher, Rupert Murdoch. The Post used half its front page for a black headline MASS GRAVE, adding "15,000 reported buried in nuke disposal site." The flimsy authority cited was the obscure Ukrainian Weekly of New Jersey. A commentator waved a copy of the Post's MASS GRAVE front...
Murdoch needed little encouragement. Ever since the Australian-born publisher entered the London newspaper scene by purchasing the News of the World and the Sun in 1969, he has made no secret of his frustration with the unions' archaic practices and featherbedding. Over the years Fleet Street proprietors had yielded control of their print rooms to the unions, figuring that it was easier to grant another demand rather than endure a shutdown. Many printers work partial shifts but are paid a full week's wages; a few even receive two paychecks. Senior men can make up to $40,000, nearly...
...Beverly Hills reception, flashing a smile and chatting comfortably with the likes of Jack Nicholson and Dino De Laurentiis. Stars and studio bosses had all turned out. The party, in honor of Murdoch and his wife Anna, was the perfect opportunity for everyone to size up the Australian-born newspaper tycoon who has become America's newest video czar...
Ever since Media Magnate Rupert Murdoch bought half of 20th Century-Fox films in March, cinema buffs have been predicting a sequel. Last week came Murdoch Part II. The Australian-born owner of the New York Post, Chicago Sun-Times and scores of other newspapers, magazines and TV stations announced he was buying the other half of Fox from Denver Oilman Marvin Davis. Price: $325 million cash plus real estate in Los Angeles, Pebble Beach, Calif., and Aspen, Colo...