Rupert Murdoch

Fox News Suffers Another Debate Snub; Bloggers Take A Bow

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

Read More: MoveOn.Org, Gwen Ifill, Roger Ailes, Robert Greenwald, Brit Hume, Msnbc, Cnn, Phil Griffin, Matt Stoller, Chris Wallace, Tom Brokaw, Debate Commission, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, New York Times, Debates, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Fox News has been taken down several notches, and the demotions can be traced back to the blogger-led debate boycott from 2007 and the repercussions it set off.

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Peter Chernin, No. 2 At NewsCorp, To Face Decision Soon

Fortune.com | Richard Siklos | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Peter Chernin Disney, Peter Chernin NBC, Fox Television, Fox Film, Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch, Fox, Peter Chernin, Business News

In addition to his broader COO duties within Murdoch's sprawling media empire, Chernin also effectively oversees the Hollywood-based Fox film and tele...

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Network TV Profits Would Probably Increase With Nudity And Swear Words

AP, Epicenter | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Network Television Profits, Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Cable Tv, Fox, Network Television, Network TV, Business News

This week has been a week of confirming what analysts had expected about Rupert Murdoch: he's making money -- but not really on TV. Chairman and Chie...

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News Corp Profits Jump 27% Though TV And Interactive Still Struggling

AP | JEREMY HERRON | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp Profits, Media News

NEW YORK — News Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 27 percent on profit from asset sales and higher operating earnings in most busine...

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Does Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Have A Problem With Women?

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch WSJ, Rupert Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch Women, Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Women, Media News

There's hardly a newsroom in America whose female denizens haven't at at some point described it -- usually with some fairness -- as a boys' club. But...

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Rupert Murdoch Increases Stake In India With Six New TV Channels

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, India, Rupert Murdoch India, Media News

Deepening the News Corporation's extensive presence in Indian media, the chairman, Rupert Murdoch, announced on Monday that the company would invest $...

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Mr. America

Mike Bonifer | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media, Rupert Murdoch, Bonifer, Bill O'Reilly, Humor, John McCain Is Mr. America, Mr. America, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

The Legion of Conservative Blowhards sit at a leather-upholstered booth at the Blood Rare Steak House, swirling martini glasses, pinkie rings and pearls glittering against crystal and candlelight.

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

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: NY Post NY Daily News Pact, Mort Zuckerman, New York Post New York Daily News Deal, New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, NY Post NY Daily News Cooperation, Rupert Murdoch Mort Zuckerman, New York Daily News, Media News

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

Read More: Sun Valley Conference, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Rupert Murdoch, Allen & Co., Allen & Co. Media Conference, Media News
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

Read More: Sun Valley Gossip, Sun Valley, Rupert Murdoch, Rupert Murdock, Rupert Murdoch Wedding Ring, Rupert Murdoch Tipsy, Business News

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

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Cnbc, Walt Mossman, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, Business News

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

Read More: Sumner Redstone, Rupert Murdoch, Hugh Hefner, Media Moguls, Sam Zell, Media News

"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

Read More: Fox News, Sean Hannity, George W. Bush, Pro-Bush Propaganda, Rupert Murdoch, Outfoxed, Fox News Alert, The O'Reill. Y Factor, John Wayne, Bill O'Reilly, Robert Greenwald, Media News
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

Read More: Sean Hannity, Pundits, Fox News, Michael Savage, 236.Com, Wall Street Jorunal, Brain Disorders, Washington Times, John Gibson, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Oreilly, Media, William Kristol, Talk Show Host, Media News
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

Read More: Google, Google Advertising, Cannes Lions Festival, Online Advertising, Advertising, Microsoft, Microsoft Advertising, Rupert Murdoch, Ad Industry, Yahoo Advertising, Murdoch Advertising, Yahoo, Business News

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

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Media News
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

Read More: Free Press, Media Consolidation, FCC Media Consolidation, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Media Bias, Media News
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

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Jane Friedman, Harpercollins, Keith Olbermann, Rupert Murdoch Jane Friedman, Video, Media News

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

Read More: National Conference for Media Reform, Newscorp, Media Consolidation, Media Reform, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Rather, Rupert Murdoch, Media News
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

Read More: Judith Regan, Rupert Murdoch, Jane Friedman, Harpercollins, Books, Media News

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

Read More: Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, D Conference, M Bill Gates, Walt Mossberg, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Mckibben, . Kara Swisher, Howard Stringer, Esther Dyson, Barry Diller, Media News
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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