Rupert Murdoch

**Keith Rupert Murdoch** / / ˈmɜːrdɒk / MUR - MUR ; an haife shi a ranar 11 ga Maris 1931) tsohon fitaccen ɗan kasuwa ne na Australiya da Amurka, mai saka hannun jari, kuma hamshakin mai faɗaɗa labarai.   Ta hanyar kamfaninsa na News Corp, shi ne mamallakin ɗaruruwan gidajen buga littattafai na gida, na ƙasa, da na duniya a faɗin duniya, ciki har da a Burtaniya ( *The Sun* da *The Times* ), a Ostiraliya ( *The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun*, da *The Australian* ), a Amurka ( *The Wall Street Journal* da *New York Post* ), mai buga littattafai HarperCollins, da tashoshin watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin na Sky News Australia da Fox News (ta Fox Corporation ). Shi ne kuma mamallakin Sky (har zuwa 2018), 21st Century Fox ( har zuwa 2019 ), da kuma *News of the World* wanda yanzu ya daina aiki. Tare da dukiyar da ta kai biliyan    Mujallar *Forbes* ta ce Murdoch shi ne mutum na 31 mafi arziki a Amurka kuma na 71 mafi arziki a duniya. Saboda dimbin arzikinsa da tasirinsa a kan kafofin watsa labarai da siyasa, an bayyana Murdoch a matsayin mai kuɗi. 

Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa Keith Murdoch a shekarar 1952, Murdoch ya karɓi ragamar gudanar da jaridar The News, wata ƙaramar jaridar Adelaide mallakar mahaifinsa. A shekarun 1950 da 1960, Murdoch ya sami jaridu da dama a Ostiraliya da New Zealand kafin ya faɗaɗa zuwa Burtaniya a shekarar 1969, ya karɓi ragamar jaridar News of the World, sannan jaridar The Sun ta biyo baya. A shekarar 1974, Murdoch ya koma birnin New York, don faɗaɗa kasuwar Amurka; duk da haka, ya ci gaba da riƙe da sha'awarsa a Ostiraliya da Burtaniya. A shekarar 1981, Murdoch ya sayi jaridar The Times, wacce ta fara buga labaranta a Burtaniya, kuma a shekarar 1985, ya zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka, ya bar matsayinsa na ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya, don biyan buƙatun doka na mallakar hanyar sadarwa ta talabijin ta Amurka.[1] A shekarar 1986, yana sha'awar rungumar sabbin fasahohin buga littattafai na lantarki, Murdoch ya haɗa ayyukan buga littattafai na Burtaniya a London, wanda ya haifar da takaddama mai zafi a masana'antu. Kamfaninsa mai riƙe da kamfanin News Corporation ya mallaki Twentieth Century Fox (1985), HarperCollins (1989), [2] da kuma The Wall Street Journal (2007). Murdoch ya kafa kamfanin watsa labarai na Burtaniya BSkyB a shekarar 1990, kuma a shekarun 1990, ya faɗaɗa zuwa hanyoyin sadarwa na Asiya da talabijin na Kudancin Amurka. Zuwa shekarar 2000, Kamfanin Labarai na Murdoch ya mallaki kamfanoni sama da 800 a cikin ƙasashe sama da 50, tare da dukiyar da ta kai sama da dala biliyan 5.[3]

A watan Yulin 2011, Murdoch ya fuskanci zarge-zargen cewa kamfanoninsa, ciki har da *News of the World*, mallakar Kamfanin News Corporation, suna yawan kutse a wayoyin fitattun mutane, sarakuna, da kuma 'yan ƙasa. Murdoch ya fuskanci binciken 'yan sanda da gwamnati kan cin hanci da rashawa daga binciken gwamnatin Birtaniya da FBI a Amurka.   A ranar 21 ga Yulin 2012, Murdoch ya yi murabus daga matsayin darakta na News International. A watan Satumba na 2023, Murdoch ya sanar da cewa zai sauka daga mukamin shugaban Fox Corp. da News Corp.

An zargi yawancin jaridu da tashoshin talabijin na Murdoch da nuna son kai da kuma yada labaran karya don tallafawa muradun kasuwancinsa    da abokan hamayyarsa na siyasa,    kuma wasu sun danganta tasirinsa da manyan ci gaban siyasa a Burtaniya, Amurka da Ostiraliya.  

Iyalan Murdoch sun shiga cikin shari'ar kotun Amurka inda 'ya'yansa uku - Elisabeth, Prudence, da James - suka ƙalubalanci ƙoƙarinsa na gyara asusun iyali don tabbatar da cewa babban ɗansa, Lachlan, ya ci gaba da riƙe ikon News Corp da Fox Corp, maimakon asusun da zai amfani dukkan 'ya'yansa shida, kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin sharuɗɗan "ba za a iya sokewa ba".  A watan Satumba na 2025, sun cimma matsaya, wanda ya bai wa Lachlan ikon mallakar daular kafofin watsa labarai ta Murdoch. 

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