Rupert Murdoch
News and interviews on Rupert Murdoch including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
US television ad spending grows alongside internet: StudyWednesday, 16 May 2012
Spending on television advertising in the US grew by 4.5% year-on-year, despite predictions the growth of the internet would erode television spending, according to a new Nielsen survey. ...
Do you have wilful blindness?
Friday, 04 May 2012
Here’s something to chew on heading into the weekend… ...
RBA slashes, Murdoch crashes
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Like every treasurer before him, Wayne Swan waited less than half an hour to claim credit for the RBA’s surprise decision to cut rates by 50 basis points. ...
Rupert Murdoch tweets against Google contain lessons for social media-savvy SMEs
Monday, 16 January 2012
Businesses have been warned to watch what they say on Twitter after media mogul Rupert Murdoch found himself in digital hot water after slamming Google in a series of tweets aimed at supporting a contentious piece of legislation in the United States designed ...
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t know where the buck stops – do you?
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Like many people in the SmartCompany office this morning, I must confess to being a bit bleary-eyed after staying up well past my bedtime to listen to Rupert and James Murdoch appear before a British Parliamentary inquiring into phone hacking by News Corporation's ...
Murdochs apologise but refuse to take responsibility for phone hacking scandal
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has apologised for the News of the World phone hacking scandal in front of a British Parliamentary inquiry, although he has skirted responsibility for the affair, saying those people he trusted to run the company are to blame ...
Why the News Corp scandal could lead Rupert to sell his Australian newspapers: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
I think there is a strong chance that down the track one of the fall-outs from the UK News Corporation crisis will be that the Australian newspaper operation will be separated from the group. ...
The Murdochs’ moment of truth
Monday, 18 July 2011
According to a report from Bloomberg, Rupert and James Murdoch are currently spending hours preparing for their appearance before a British Parliamentary inquiry, scheduled for Tuesday morning London time (Tuesday evening our time). ...
Media inquiry a waste of time – but News Corp’s governance must be examined: Kohler
Monday, 18 July 2011
An inquiry into the Australian media will quickly discover a couple of awkward facts. ...
James Murdoch faces a final test before stepping into Rupert’s shoes: Bartholomeusz
Friday, 01 April 2011
Now that he is an octogenarian there is a sense of urgency evident in Rupert Murdoch's attempts to secure a dynasty. The appointment of James Murdoch as deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation and his relocation from London to New York was a necessary ...
Mini money makers
Monday, 28 March 2011
The one problem with rich lists in Australia is that the names at the very top rarely change. And so it is with the latest Executive Rich edition from BRW, which ranks the richest executives active in the day-to-day operations of Australia's top 500 companies. ...
Rupert Murdoch faces legal action over purchase of daughter’s company
Friday, 18 March 2011
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been hit with legal action from a group of shareholders who believe its purchase of television production company Shine from Rupert's daughter Elisabeth Murdoch is an act of nepotism. ...
Why Rupert Murdoch needs to make up his mind on succession – quickly: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Rupert Murdoch's 80th birthday celebrations were not the happiest of occasions. Reports from the US over the weekend reveal Rupert is deeply concerned at the family divisions. His failure to decide which of his children should succeed him means there would ...
Candles and questions for Murdoch
Friday, 11 March 2011
One of the world's last great media barons, Rupert Murdoch, turns 80 today – a day after Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires showed that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is worth almost twice as much as the News Corp chief. ...
Rupert Murdoch turns 80 and faces his online reckoning: Kohler
Friday, 11 March 2011
There's a certain irony in the fact that at 80, Rupert Murdoch is championing quality journalism and the need to pay for it. ...
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp buys daughter's production company for $673 million
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has confirmed it will acquire his daughter Elisabeth Murdoch's production company Shine for $US673 million. ...
News Corp tipped to buy Elisabeth Murdoch’s television production house for up to $1 billion
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Rupert Murdoch appears set to bring his daughter Elisabeth back into the family fold, with reports suggesting News Corp will buy Elisabeth Murdoch's television production company Shine for up to $1 billion, in what may be a highly controversial transaction. ...
Can Rupert Murdoch’s punt on The Daily really beat the cut-price content makers? Kohler
Monday, 07 February 2011
The other big media event in the United States last week, apart from Rupert Murdoch's launch of the iPad-only publication The Daily, was the IPO of Demand Media. ...
News Corp finally launches iPad magazine The Daily, gets profit boost from cable networks
Thursday, 03 February 2011
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch finally launched News Corp's long-awaited tablet magazine The Daily in New York this morning along with tech giant Apple, saying that "new times demand new journalism". ...
Worries for the wealthy
Monday, 17 January 2011
Like most of us, Australia's wealthiest entrepreneurs would have started 2011 in an optimistic mood. ...
