Word: murdoch
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...Rupert Murdoch, publisher of the New York Post and president of the Publishers Association of New York City, said the publishers would probably turn down the bid for new negotiations in Washington, unless the pressmen show they are ready to consider management proposals "seriously," or come up with "a serious proposal" of their...
...Daily Metro (circ. 400,000) is the inspiration of Frederick Iseman. 25, a pre-strike assistant editor at the Times. The Metro is being aided by the Post in various ways, principally with distribution. The Times has provided distribution help on a smaller scale to the City News. Rupert Murdoch, publisher of the struck Post, reportedly signed an agreement to buy the Metro if Publisher Iseman ever wants to sell it. Iseman insisted he has no such plans, but some of the city's numerous Murdoch-haters speculated that the Australian's hidden motive is to fold the ailing Post...
...search to Brown, and a cheek with neighbors confirmed that his wife was pregnant. EXCLUSIVE, the Express screamed on July 11, BABY OF THE CENTURY. The paper did not name the parents of the century, but most other details were there. Gloats Express Editor Derek Jameson: "There were Murdoch, the Mail, the National Enquirer putting in bids of ? 300,000, and there we were-out getting the story by old-style journalism...
...Mail recovered next day with a WORLD EXCLUSIVE, identifying the Browns and quoting Lesley Brown under the headline OUR MIRACLE BABY. Yet Murdoch's Sun that day also identified the Browns and quoted John Brown extensively, under the label SUN EXCLUSIVE. The Mail tried next day to regain the initiative by printing the first "exclusive" photo of Lesley Brown-but the Sun and the Express both pictured her that day as well. To protect its fast depreciating investment, the Mail quickly stationed a guard outside Lesley Brown's room and persuaded Oldham Hospital officials to refer all inquiries...
...Mail last week, plans were presumably still afoot to print the Browns' EXCLUSIVE story once the baby was born, though editors there were uncommonly uncommunicative. The Enquirer this week will print its version of the story, though Murdoch's Sun somehow got hold of a few Enquirer morsels last week in London. Murdoch's Star, a Manhattan-based competitor of the Enquirer, will be out this week with some color snapshots, obtained from friends and neighbors of the Browns, and a 3,500-word article...