Rupert Murdoch overtaken by son in British media power ranking

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...

'The Bollywood Burner: World's Hottest Curry' claims Virgin Media

"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 apologises to Obama for third time in two weeks

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...

Former London times editor appointed WSJ Boss

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...

Cablevision Bids $650 Million for Newsday

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 -...

Murdoch Moving to Buy Newsday for $580 Million

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...

Murdoch's WSJ Changes Creates Opening for NYT

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...

Top Editor of Wall Street Journal Resigns

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...

Who Rupert Murdoch Had On Speed Dial

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...

Live Current Media Signs $50M Deal For Online Rights To Indian Cricket

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...

Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates Together? Talk about Stange Bedfellows

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...

Rupert Murdoch, not the sharpest tool in the Internet toolbox

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...

Yahoo! Holds out for a Better Deal as Newscorp Circles

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,...

Karl Rove Joins Fox News Channel

" 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...

Politics the Last 24 : McCain Liberal?

" 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...

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