Rupert Murdoch | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 19/12/2018

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00:02:32 1 Early life
00:04:35 2 Activities in Australia and New Zealand
00:06:53 2.1 Political activities in Australia
00:10:01 3 Activities in the United Kingdom
00:10:11 3.1 Business activities in the United Kingdom
00:14:50 3.2 Political activities in United Kingdom
00:19:01 4 Attempted takeover of BSkyB
00:19:49 5 News International phone hacking scandal
00:23:18 6 Activities in the United States
00:28:50 6.1 Political activities in the United States
00:32:51 7 Activities in Europe
00:33:29 8 Activities in Asia
00:34:12 9 Personal life
00:34:21 9.1 Marriages
00:36:53 9.2 Children
00:40:32 10 Portrayal on television, in film, books and music
00:42:51 11 Influence, wealth and reputation
00:44:43 12 See also



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Keith Rupert Murdoch,  (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American media mogul.Murdoch's father, Sir Keith Murdoch, was a reporter and editor who became a senior executive of The Herald and Weekly Times publishing company, covering all Australian states except New South Wales. After his father's death in 1952, Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Murdoch acquired a number of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969, taking over the News of the World, followed closely by The Sun. In 1974, Murdoch moved to New York City, to expand into the U.S. market; however, he retained interests in Australia and Britain. In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first British broadsheet and, in 1985, became a naturalized U.S. citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for U.S. television ownership.In 1986, keen to adopt newer electronic publishing technologies, Murdoch consolidated his UK printing operations in Wapping, causing bitter industrial disputes. His holding company News Corporation acquired Twentieth Century Fox (1985), HarperCollins (1989), and  The Wall Street Journal (2007).  Murdoch formed the British broadcaster BSkyB in 1990 and, during the 1990s, expanded into Asian networks and South American television. By 2000, Murdoch's News Corporation owned over 800 companies in more than 50 countries, with a net worth of over $5 billion.
In July 2011, Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including the News of the World, owned by News Corporation, had been regularly hacking the phones of celebrities, royalty, and public citizens. Murdoch faced police and government investigations into bribery and corruption by the British government and FBI investigations in the U.S. On 21 July 2012, Murdoch resigned as a director of News International. On 1 July 2015, Murdoch left his post as CEO of 21st Century Fox. However, Murdoch and his family continue to own both 21st Century Fox and News Corp through the Murdoch Family Trust.In July 2016, after the resignation of Roger Ailes due to accusations of sexual harassment, Murdoch was named the acting CEO of Fox News.