Keith Rupert Murdoch, (US: /ˈruːpərt ˈmɝːdɑːk/; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American media mogul. He is the founder, a major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp).
Beginning with one newspaper in Adelaide, Murdoch acquired and started other publications in his native Australia before expanding News Corp into the United Kingdom, United States and Asian media markets. Although it was in Australia in th...
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Keith Rupert Murdoch, (US: /ˈruːpərt ˈmɝːdɑːk/; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American media mogul. He is the founder, a major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp).
Beginning with one newspaper in Adelaide, Murdoch acquired and started other publications in his native Australia before expanding News Corp into the United Kingdom, United States and Asian media markets. Although it was in Australia in the late 1950s that he first dabbled in television, he later sold these assets, and News Corp's Australian current media interests (still mainly in print) are restricted by cross-media ownership rules. Murdoch's first permanent foray into TV was in the UK, where he created Sky Television in 1989. In the 2000s he became a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry and the Internet.
Keith Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1931. At the time, his father, Sir Keith, was a regional newspaper magnate based...
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