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Rupert
Murdoch Bio..
Rupert Murdoch is an American media business
leader who manages the global "News Corporation"
company. Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on March
11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. His mother
was Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and his father was
Keith Murdoch.
The
year 1952 was a significant turning point for
Murdoch as he took control of his father's business
after he passed away. His business become very
profitable in Australia with the "Sydney
Morning Herald" and the established "The
Australian".
In
60's Rupert started business in Britain and
gained success very fast with "The Sun",
"The Times", "The Sunday Times",
and "News of the World". But the year
1973 was the first time when Rupert Murdoch
got acquainted with the US and established "San
Antonio News", that was followed by "National
Star", "New York Post" and a
supermarket tabloid. In the 1990's he created
"Fox News Channel" and "The Weekly
Standard".
Murdoch
has been heavily criticized over the way he
uses his media power when it comes to politics.
His election coverage in both television and
newspapers often heavily leans towards the political
party that he supports. In recent years his
Fox news channel in the United States was criticized
by the popular "OutFoxed" documentary
that highlighted obvious one sided coverage.
In
the year 2000 Rupert Murdoch was diagnosed with
prostate cancer.
Rupert Murdoch is married to the much younger
Wendi Deng. She was the Vice President of Business
Affairs at News Corp’s Asian satellite
television operation.
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