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...malign publisher, Lambert Le Roux, is the captivating antihero of the piece. By cunning, he takes over both a populist tabloid and a stately, ultraupperbrow daily. The character has been assumed by many people in Britain to be a burlesque of Australian Press Lord Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Sun and Times of London, as well as the New York Post, Boston Herald and Chicago Sun-Times. There are conspicuous differences: Le Roux is a South African, not an Australian, and he lives in the Surrey countryside, not New York City...
...speed that even Murdoch was surprised. "It's hard to believe it began five weeks ago," he says. The transaction further cements a remarkable partnership between two self-made men, each long accustomed to being his own boss and acting accordingly. On one side of the table is Keith Rupert Murdoch, 54, perhaps the most feared and grudgingly admired press entrepreneur in the English-speaking world. On the other is Marvin Davis, 59, son of a New York dress manufacturer who wildcatted an oil fortune in the Rocky Mountains. The two offer a startling physical contrast: Davis...
...grew Murdoch's $1.8 billion-a-year empire, which still has headquarters in Australia (see chart). Even Murdoch's mother, who lives near Melbourne, seemed taken aback. "It was quite a bit to swallow at first," says Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 76, "but that doesn't alter the fact that Rupert is still fond of his country...
...million. Though its circulation trails the competition (639,000, vs. 776,000 for the Tribune), the Sun-Times turns a marginal profit. Editor Frank Devine, who was installed by Murdoch last January, is confident that a buyer will be found. "Of course, I'd rather Rupert kept the Sun-Times. After all, he's a rather zingy fellow, the kind of live-wire person I like...
...reports, Murdoch gets along with Davis splendidly, but that may be because they apparently have left the running of Fox to Diller. Now that Murdoch has substantially increased his stake in the TV game, he may be more eager to help run the show. After all, Rupert Murdoch feels strongly enough about this latest venture to consider forsaking his Australian citizenship. Television and newspaper historians, take note: March 28, 1985, may, in retrospect, be the day that 20th Century-Murdoch was born...