Rupert Murdoch

News Corp, CBS In Harsh Sun Valley Spotlight

Reuters | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


NEW YORK/SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp's Rupert Murdoch and CBS Corp's Leslie Moonves will likely be under a harsh spotlight at this year's ...

News Corp Will Keep MySpace, Won't Purchase Twitter: Murdoch

Reuters | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp is not interested in buying popular microblogging site Twitter and will not sell its struggling social network...

Bob Iger: "People Are Going To Pay" For Content Online

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


As the media moguls gather here in Sun Valley, Idaho, for their annual schmooze-fest, there is one phrase on everybody's lips as they emerge from thei...

Wall Street Journal Plans NY Culture Section In Bid To Compete With Times

The New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York


Eighteen months ago, at the Marriott Hotel on West Street in the Financial District, Rupert Murdoch had his first meeting as owner of The Wall Street ...

Murdoch, Google Eye Twitter As Moguls Gather In Sun Valley

Guardian | Bobbie Johnson in San Francisco | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


As the media world's most powerful figures gather in Sun Valley, Idaho to discuss the state of the industry the topics are likely to range far and wid...

Did Rupert Bed Jackie?

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Is it really possible to have had as much sex as the Kennedys had? Well, anyway, thank God for it. The Kennedy sex saga is really the story that keep...

Rupert Murdoch: CNBC's On-Air Talent Not 'All That Good'

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media


Rupert Murdoch spoke last week with TheStreet.com. In the interview the media tycoon denied interest in the New York Times, dissed Twitter, and dug i...

Rupert Murdoch Denies Interest In New York Times, Disses Twitter, CNBC

The Street | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media


TheStreet.com: Michael Wolff has written in Vanity Fair that you want to buy The New York Times (NYT Quote), that you've planned out the deal in detai...

Eebs: A History of Future Publishing

Giles Slade | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media


Giles Slade

The Kindle is for the book-lover who might buy a first, a signed or a special edition. It is lingerie. It is a box of chocolates or a bottle of double-malt. Competition will drive it to adapt, and it will.

Conservative Media vs. Progressive Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media


Cenk Uygur

Do you know how many people read The Weekly Standard? 80,000. To put it bluntly, that's pathetic. Its main purpose is to spread Republican propaganda in the guise of news.

And The Rains Came

Sherman Yellen | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green


Sherman Yellen

The trouble this modern Noah faces is that virtually every wild animal is now an endangered species, as is much of mankind, so rule number one is no eating the passengers.

Can Jon Miller and Owen Van Natta Save MySpace or Is It Toast?

Charles Warner | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


Charles Warner

What can MySpace do to grow? It has to start a new business, not merely tweak its tired old business. It can buy a disruptive technology, like Apple did when it launched the iPod and iPhone.

Caution: Pundits On This Network May Appear More Relevant Than They Are

Dave Hackel | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media


Dave Hackel

Karl Rove never designed anything other than a way to help elect George Bush and Dick Cheney. He should be ashamed to show his face in public but, of course, that's why Fox loves him.

Murdoch-Berlusconi Feud Over Reports Of Relationship With 18-Year-Old Model

New York Times | ERIC PFANNER | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media


When Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi clash, it is no surprise that the dispute plays out across multiple platforms....

Old Media: Why the End Takes a Long Time to Get To

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Over the past number of months a consensus has formed among media companies trying to do business on the Internet that advertising alone cannot support their efforts.

MySpace Has Been a "Calamity for News Corp" --Michael Wolff

Andy Plesser | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

The author says that giant media company "knows nothing about technology."

Carrie Prejean Speaks With Rupert Murdoch About Joining Fox News

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

We have obtained exclusive footage of Carrie talking about that very subject with News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Take a look.

Fox News Is Out of This World

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Fox News more and more represents not just another point of view but a peculiar one, which comes with its own logic, mores, rituals and mythology.

Murdoch, Ailes, Cheney Toast Charles Krauthammer At Private Luncheon

Politico | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media


Columnist Charles Krauthammer was feted at a private luncheon today at the St. Regis in honor of winning this year's Breindel Award, POLITICO has lear...

Rupert Murdoch: Obama "Dangerous," Boston Globe Will Survive, Chase Carey Not "Heir Apparent" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Rupert Murdoch told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto Monday morning that Barack Obama is not an extremist but that his policies "dangerous" for Amer...

Rosehearty: Rupert & Wendi Murdoch Rent Beach Home To Brad & Angelina For Over $100K/Month

New York Magazine | Julie Earle | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Rupert and Wendi Murdoch have put Rosehearty, their North Shore summer getaway, on the market for $12.8 million...In the meantime, they've been rentin...

Silvio Berlusconi Lashes Out At Rupert Murdoch

Reuters | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday that articles in Britain's The Times newspaper attacking his government were due to a disput...

Chase Carey To Join News Corp As Murdoch's #2

AP | DEBORAH YAO and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


The president and chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. said Wednesday that he's resigning to return to News Corp. as Rupert Murdoch's second in comma...

Fox Nation: The Seedy Underbelly of Rupert Murdoch's Evil Empire?

Karl Frisch | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

In the two months that followed the website's launch, The Fox Nation has displayed an uncanny ability to mislead readers, twist the truth, spread wild conspiracy theories, and misrepresent the reporting of legitimate journalists.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.30.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

This week, I spent a couple of great days at Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher's annual D: All Things Digital conference. Among the highlights: watching Jill Sobule sing about Rupert Murdoch -- in front of Rupert Murdoch, and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg levitate around the conference after securing a $200 million investment from the Russians. The breakout star was new Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz -- and not just because of her perfectly timed F-bomb on the D7 stage. She was a quote machine: "Down 15 percent is the new flat" and "You can't take nine women and make a baby in one month; there is a process" were among my favorites. But the line of the week came from Martha Stewart who told me over lunch: "While Bernie Madoff was on his rampage, the SEC was busy pursuing me." For more on the conference, click here.