Word: murdochs
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...were papers running pro-Bush news articles. I might add, however, that these were largely owned by one of two sources: Silvio Berlusconi, the right-wing Prime Minister of Italy, media magnate and wealthiest man in the country, who is currently faced with bribing charges; or the infamous Rupert Murdoch, known to British political magazine Private Eye as the “Dirty Digger...
...Century Fox; in Beverly Hills, Calif. After completing college in 1947, Davis with his father launched a wildcat drilling operation that became the source of his wealth. In the '80s he branched into real estate and entertainment, buying Fox studios and then selling the company to media magnate Rupert Murdoch, using the proceeds to build the 20th Century Fox Plaza. Forbes this year pegged his fortune at $4.9 billion...
...begins amusingly, with an entertaining panel discussion on the state of the media. Editor of The American Prospect Michael Tomasky delivers the welcoming remarks: “A special welcome to the News Corporation lawyers in the audience,” he quips, referring to the potential lawsuit Rupert Murdoch will be filing against the documentary any day now. There are chuckles, followed by an outcry from the back of the room...
...Everybody made a mistake, and they are embarrassed, and they have apologized for it, and it happens even on NBC sometimes." RUPERT MURDOCH, in an interview with CNBC after the New York Post, which he owns, ran a front-page story erroneously announcing that Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his running mate. The paper corrected itself the next day. The New York Times later quoted an unnamed Post employee as saying the false tip was called in by Murdoch...
...Helping CCTV International may give News Corp. the upper hand over other foreign TV programmers who want a piece of China's market. "Rupert [Murdoch] is medium-term savvy and long-term wise," says an official with another international media company. Placing a consultant inside CCTV headquarters in Beijing "further entwines News Corp. and CCTV." And Murdoch's man Terenzio slipped in without so much as a hail from the soldier at the gate...