The rich father... the child? Be rich also.. "London (ANTARA News) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., was overtaken by his son James for the first time in a ranking of the most powerful figures in...
"Richard Branson's Virgin Media beat BBC and Rupert Murdoch's Sky Networks to become the first mainstream broadcaster in offering 'Bollywood Movies On Demand,' a dedicated digital channel to Bollywood for its...
Fox News, classy as ever."Rupert Murdoch's Fox News television station has been forced to apologise to Barack Obama for the third time in a fortnight after screening a racially tinged caption referring to his wife...
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Robert Thomson, 47 yrs, an Australian compatriot of media moghul and new owner of Wall street Journal Rupert Murdoch has been appointed as new boss at WSJ, He has been a loyal lieutenant of the press baron for six years. At the end of last year, he moved from...
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Just a thought: maybe there could be a business version of Iron Chef that would begin..."And so I say unto you, in the words of my father, let the bidding war for control of Newsday...be-gin!"UPDATE | May 2nd -...
Rupert Murdoch started out as a journalist in Adelaide, South Australia, working for his father's newspaper. He achieved a reputation as a tireless campaigner for justice in those early days. Now, it looks like the...
An interesting analysis from Barry L. Ritholtz on the opportunities open to news organizations like the NYTimes now that Murdoch is shaking up the WSJ. "Murdoch's changes are both ambitious and perplexing: He...
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Following News Corp's purchase of the WSJ, editor Marcus W. Brauchli has announced his resignation - and ignited speculation about whether or not he was forced out or left voluntarily."Marcus W. Brauchli stepped down Tuesday as the top-ranking editor of The Wall Street...
One always wonders who the world's media mogul Rupert Murdoch calls in case he wants to have an update. I came across this interesting piece in Business week about all the people who are in his phone list."Many...
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This is a huge sum of money for online rights, however, judging from the massive popularity of cricket both in India and abroad, this will likely prove to be a very smart and lucrative investment for Live Current...
Say it aint so Joe, the Conservative and Liberal to Merge. Politisite has learned that Bill Gates Microsoft is talking With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp about taking over Yahoo Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is...
This story just proves that you can be the biggest name in the media business, and still not get everything right."Rupert Murdoch got all excited about his new business channel, Fox Business Network, which was...
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Yahoo!'s CEO has stated the reason for not selling to Microsoft: not enough money. Meanwhile, Newscorp is circling like a mass-media great white: silent, patient, hungry..."Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo,...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Karl Rove, the strategist behind President George W. Bush's ascendancy to the White House, will join Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel as a contributor starting with Super Tuesday, the network said.
Rove was chief strategist for Bush's 2000...
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The PM Line
"John McCain is the most qualified candidate to be the next commander in chief of the United States," Rudy Giuliani said a little while ago. "He's an American hero."
The Fed made its second cut in...