Rupert Murdoch

New York Post And New York Daily News Considering The Unthinkable: Cooperation

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns The New York Post, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the real estate developer and owner of The Daily News, who f...

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No News Is Still News in Sun Valley

Michael Ames | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

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Michael Ames

I asked Rupert Murdoch if there was any sense in sending so much press to Allen & Co. "No," he said, "There's no story, aside from me crawling on all fours looking for my wedding ring."

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Rupert Murdoch's Missing Wedding Ring

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business

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You want the sober, serious news from Sun Valley? Check here, or here - there's some interesting stuff about Eric Schmidt and YouTube and Yahoo. You w...

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Fox Business Snatches WSJ's Walt Mossberg From CNBC

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

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You had to know Rupert Murdoch's fledgling Fox Business Network would get something out of this whole Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal acquisition. Well,...

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The Old Men Of Media Moguldom

Gawker | Hamilton Nolan | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

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"I don't want to die. I love what I'm doing," said Viacom chief Sumner Redstone on CNBC yesterday. My, what a positive and also extremely sad quote! C...

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The Biggest Jerk on Television

John Farr | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

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John Farr

Even if you've already seen this film, viewing Outfoxed again now will cast an even harsher light on the damage done by this channel.

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Wall Street Journal Online Sees Traffic Explosion, Uniques Up 94% Over Last Year Despite Paywall

MediaWeek | Mike Shields | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

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The Wall Street Journal's Web site has enjoyed significant traffic growth of late, while still managing to keep its vaunted--and some predicted, doome...

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New Study of Talk Show Host Brains Calls for Compassion Not Scorn

Steve Young | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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Steve Young

While the normal brain is the site of reason and intelligence, the talk show host brain, dependent on bias and fanaticism to filter information, cannot distinguish rumor from fact.

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Ad Execs Threatened By Web

The New York Times | ERIC PFANNER | Posted 06.23.2008 | Business

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The growing advertising ambitions of technology powerhouses like Google and Microsoft are creating alarm in the executive suites of ad agencies. At a...

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Wall Street Journal Shake-Up: Paper Makes Major Changes To Editorial Team

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Robert Thomson, editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, announced a new editorial leadership structure on Thursday that he claims will "expedite d...

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Ailes Out?

Charles Warner | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

Is Rupert Murdoch making a left turn after 50 years of being a staunch conservative? Hardly. The wily Murdoch is the ultimate pragmatist.

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Moyers vs. Murdoch: Journalism vs. Megalomania

Josh Silver | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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Josh Silver

The O'Reilly ambush is typical cable news entertainment-posing-as- journalism whose purpose is to sell eyeballs to advertisers, not to inform citizens or better society.

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Rupert Murdoch Donates $28K To Republican Campaign Committee

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch may be backing Barack Obama, but he's still opening his wallet up for the Republican Party. With some speculation tha...

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Keith Olbermann Names Rupert Murdoch "Worst Person In The World" For Friedman Firing

Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

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On Thursday night's "Countdown," Keith Olbermann named Rupert Murdoch his "Worst Person in the World" for allegedly firing HarperCollins CEO Jane Frie...

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What Bill O'Reilly Is Really Afraid Of

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

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Timothy Karr

Fox News' trash-talking, prime-time headliner is little more than an apologist for those in power -- and especially for his boss Rupert Murdoch.

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Jane Friedman Out At HarperCollins: Total Media Surprise

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

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The only thing clear about the sudden resignation — or "resignation" — of HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman is that it took the media totall...

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Genetically Modified Mouthpieces

Leslie Griffith | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Scott Mcclellan, Rupert Murdoch, Ethics in Journalism, War in Iraq, Political Journalism, Journalism, Jessica Yellin, Us War in Iraq, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Rooting for the war is much easier for journalists than asking hard questions to reveal a conflict based on lies and a country led by liars.

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The "D" Conference: Daddy, What Did You Do During Peak Oil?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

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Jesse Kornbluth

I've attended all six D: All Things Digital conferences. Each year, the mood's different. If this year's conference is a metaphor, the economy was very much on the minds of the speakers.

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Crystal Balls

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

It is egregious, and flat out unacceptable for Mr. Murdoch to tilt the direction of his editorial board in any presidential candidate's favor -- whether it be John McCain or Barack Obama.

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Cannes 2008: Globalization and Cinema: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Entertainment War?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Telecoms, Cannes Film Festival, Recession, Entertainment News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Cannes seemed more decadent than ever, precisely because it was dancing against a backdrop of death and destruction from Burma to China, to the US heartland and Wall Street's "recession."

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Murdoch Boasts About Firing Olbermann: "He Was Crazy"

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, who started becoming pessimistic about the U.S. economy earlier this spring, is now downright gloomy: At his company's ...

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Rove's Obama Hit-Job Re-Run Oozes Out of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Section

Rob Kall | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

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Rob Kall

Rove and the GOP are tired. The WSJ is leaking and it's a sad thing that a formerly trusted institution has begun the much expected, post-Murdoch acquisition slippery slide.

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Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win

Hilary Rosen | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Hilary Rosen

Wednesday night, at the "All Things Digital" conference, Murdoch said this about Barack Obama: "He is a rock star. I love what he is saying about education. I think he will win and I am anxious to meet him."

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O'Reilly Irrational Jihad #472: General Electric

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media

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Jonathan Kim

O'Reilly's new fatwa has more to do with his running feud with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who has been relentless in his efforts to expose O'Reilly as the lying, ignorant, ridiculous blowhard he is.

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O'Reilly "Unleashed" On GE After Olbermann's Comments

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.18.2008 | Media

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Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News star, is mounting an extraordinary televised assault on the chief executive of General Electric, calling him a "pinhead" a...

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