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...Rupert Murdoch's media empire came under fire after Diana's death. Now Murdoch is shooting back (TIME Daily...
...fleet of 64 Rolls-Royces, properties on London's Park Lane, a $32 million yacht--his record as an entrepreneur is very mixed. Last year the board of the weekly Observer rebuffed al Fayed's attempts to buy the paper, saying it was not for sale. In 1995 Rupert Murdoch shut down his Today newspaper rather than sell it to al Fayed. Bids to purchase the London News Radio station and the Daily Express have also failed. At Harrods profits rose 6% last year, but the company's debts increased to a staggering $264.3 million for the year ending January...
...perhaps put in a brotherly call to Michael Kelly, who was fired from his position as editor of the New Republic after only 10 months. "This is a journal of opinion, and the gap between his opinions and mine was increasingly wide," says the magazine's owner, Martin Peretz. Rupert Murdoch didn't fire anyone...
...RUPERT MURDOCH In game of cable chicken, gets Fox on Time Warner...
...PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia: The blockade of an Alaskan ferry ended today after the Canadian government promised disgruntled fishermen in British Columbia that it would pressure the United States to reopen negotiations on Pacific salmon. As the 300-boat blockade broke apart, the ferry Malaspina departed the harbor with a blast of its horns, ending a siege which kept about 135 passengers captive since Saturday. The ferry had been held hostage by Canadian fishermen who claim U.S. fishing fleets are violating a 1985 treaty on salmon fishing by netting the choicest fish in the ocean as they swim to Canada...