Rupert Murdoch
Australian-born American media mogul and former business magnate
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He is an Australian-born American former business magnate and media mogul who owns hundreds of publishing outlets worldwide through News Corp.[1] Forbes magazine lists Murdoch as the 31st-richest person in the United States.[2] Keith Rupert Murdoch entered the world on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[3]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Keith Rupert Murdoch
- Born
- 11 March 1931
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation
- Businessman
- investor
- media proprietor
- Years active
- 1952−2023
- Education
- University of Oxford (BA)
- Boards
- News Corp, Fox Corporation
- Children
- 6, including Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He acquired newspapers in Australia and New Zealand during the 1950s and 1960s before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969.[4] Murdoch bought The Times in 1981 and became a naturalised American citizen in 1985.[4] Murdoch formed the British broadcaster BSkyB in 1990.[5] His three children challenged his bid to amend the family trust in a U.S. court case.[6]
Allegations emerged in July 2011 that Murdoch's companies, including the News of the World, had engaged in systematic phone hacking targeting celebrities, royalty, and ordinary citizens.[7]
What the cited sources add
A BBC profile notes that Murdoch's profits from lower-cost newspapers offset losses at Sky Television, allowing him to buy Premiership football rights.[8] The Guardian timeline records that Murdoch bought the Sun in 1969 and turned it into a lively tabloid.[9] The same source notes that Times editor Harold Evans was forced out after a year, claiming Murdoch interfered with the paper's running.[9] In 2009, the prime minister's official spokesman stated that Gordon Brown had "regular communications" with Murdoch.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "10 Most Influential Media Moguls in History", Business Pundit, 20 July 2011; Mahler, "How Rupert Murdoch's empire of influence remade the world", The New York Times, 3 April 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "#31 Rupert Murdoch & family", 2 March 2022; Reich, "To protect US democracy from tyrants, we must protect the truly free press", The Guardian, 2024-11-19; Kuper, "From Putin to Musk: the making of a modern-day oligarch", Financial Times, 2023-10-28; Dumas, "Grace Tame wears anti-Murdoch shirt to PM's morning tea in snipe at 'morbidly wealthy oligarchs'", The Guardian, 2025-01-25 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McDonough, "The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising", Routledge, 2015, p. 1096; Tuccille, "Rupert Murdoch", Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The encyclopedia of the history of American management (2005) Morgen Witzel Continuum International Publishing Group p. 393 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rupert Murdoch: His Fox News legacy is one of lies, with little accountability, and political power that rose from the belief in his power − 3 essential reads, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Clarke, "Rupert Murdoch's family feud over future of News Corp and Fox plays out in Nevada court", ABC News, 17 September 2024; Rutenberg, "Murdochs Reach Deal to Resolve Succession Fight", The New York Times, 2025-09-08 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rupert Murdoch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Phone hacking: David Cameron announces terms of phone-hacking inquiry", The Telegraph, 13 July 2011; Ed Pilkington in New York, Andrew Gumbel and agencies, "FBI to investigate News Corporation over 9/11 hacking allegations", The Guardian, 14 July 2011; "Rupert Murdoch resigns as News International director", BBC News, 21 July 2012; Burns, "Murdoch Resigns From His British Papers' Boards", The New York Times, 23 July 2012; Rizzo, "Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox and News Corp", CNBC, 2023-09-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Walker, "Rupert Murdoch: Bigger than Kane", BBC, 31 July 2002. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
- Tryhorn, "Rupert Murdoch – a lifetime of deals", The Guardian, 18 July 2007. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- Mulholland, "Gordon Brown spoke to Rupert Murdoch after misspelling row", The Guardian, 12 November 2009. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Rupert Murdoch (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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