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- Murdoch, with his eyes on Sydney and beyond, wanted his Adelaide assets to be a safe and regular cash cow to aid his ambitions for expansion elsewhere. A quiet, frugal editor was what he now required. The unsentimental firing of Rivett showed that Murdoch was determined to be in sole charge and would pursue his interests ruthlessly.
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Aug 16, 2023 · The unsentimental firing of Rivett showed that Murdoch was determined to be in sole charge and would pursue his interests ruthlessly. Murdoch watchers will be also...
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Sep 18, 2024 · The unsentimental firing of Rivett showed that Murdoch was determined to be in sole charge and would pursue his interests ruthlessly. Murdoch watchers will be also particularly interested in what other clues Young Rupert gives about its subject’s later behaviour.
Sep 23, 2023 · Power, influence and scandal: Rupert Murdoch's long-lasting legacy in the U.K. Supporters herald his love for journalism and credit him for saving British newspapers. Critics believe Murdoch...
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Rupert let Rivett develop the News into the most liberal daily paper in the country, one with a social conscience that published very different views tothe establishment Advertiser. Murdoch learned all he could by working in various roles at the paper and developed a reputation for his overwhelming energy and for rolling up his sleeves and observin...
Murdoch made two bold moves in Adelaide in 1958–59. One was politicaland the other commercial, and as journalist and author George Munster noted, these moves were not well coordinated; they ran in opposite directions. The News took a strong stance on the trial of Rupert Max Stuart, an Indigenous carnival worker who had been convicted in 1958 of the...
While the Adelaide establishment was still buzzing about the Stuart case, Murdoch made an audacious bid to gain control of the Advertiser. Backed by the Commonwealth Bank, Murdoch made an offer of more than £14 million in shares and cash to Advertiser Newspapers Ltd. At a time when News Limited had less than £1.8 million in shareholders’ funds, it ...
2 days ago · The fate of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire, including Fox News, is now in the hands of a Reno probate commissioner, who will decide whether the 93-year-old media mogul can change his ...
Sep 23, 2023 · While Rupert Murdoch's grasp of operations and decision making at 92 has been questioned in recent years, not least by his biographer Michael Wolff in an impending book, his presence has mattered.
Walter Marsh’s book Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire has the distinctive strength of knowing Adelaide much better than any other Murdoch watcher, and studying Murdoch’s Adelaide period in more depth than anyone else.
