Word: murdochized
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...none of the newcomers have come close to upending Carson, still the after-hours ratings king. The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, the flagship of Rupert Murdoch's new Fox Broadcasting Co., has done respectably in the ratings, but is well behind Carson, averaging a 4.9 rating in twelve prime urban markets, compared with Carson's 7.5. Brenner's numbers have been more disappointing, hovering around 2.4. Cavett and Breslin (whose shows are designed to air at midnight EST, but have been pushed later by several major , ABC affiliates to make room for Brenner's show) are lagging farther behind...
...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 page over Soviet television...
...comes at a time when Hearst (estimated 1985 revenues: $1.5 billion) seems to be losing patience with papers that produce persistent losses. In 1982, Hearst, which still has 14 newspapers, including the San Francisco Examiner and the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, sold the struggling Boston Herald American to Publisher Rupert Murdoch, who has since revitalized the paper with a feisty new style...
...Late Show Starring Joan Rivers will be more than just a pesky new competitor to Carson. It is the first salvo in a major assault on the three networks by Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who last year bought Metromedia's six TV stations and 20th Century-Fox studios. Rivers' program is the first offering from Murdoch's new Fox Broadcasting Co., which he hopes will grow into a full-fledged fourth network. Along with the Rivers show, FBC plans to introduce two nights of prime-time programming next March (one announced show: a half-hour sitcom based...
...called fourth networks have been tried without success before, but Murdoch's effort is the most ambitious yet. With the six Metromedia stations as a foundation (in such large markets as New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago), FBC aims to sign up affiliates reaching more than 80% of the nation's viewers. Programming will include sitcoms, action-adventure shows and movies, little different from current network fare. But Fox executives claim their shows will be less subject to mass-audience pressures. "If we've got a good male action series," says FBC President Jamie Kellner...