Profile : "Rupert Murdoch" .. Emperor of the media industry in the world

Cairo – Eco – Fady Labib : Rupert Murdoch or Keith Rupert Murdoch, as we call the Emperor of the international media industry, for his media groups around the world, television channels, newspapers, radio stations, publishing houses including the word, MySpace, "which later sold him for lack of success." Murdoch "Australian-American businessman born March 11, 1931..In Melbourne, Australia, a father and mother of Scots, his father owned regional newspapers but was losing and sending his son to England to learn the press ...

Murdoch began his career in local newspapers and television and then spread to Britain and America. After gaining control of the media market in Australia and turning to Britain in 1969, he bought the weekly "News of the World", which had a circulation of 6.2 million copies and was based on sports, scandals, sex, Changing its editorial policy on sexual themes, focus on large-sized titles A few weeks later, The Sun, popularly known as the world's most popular newspaper, was bought by a half million pounds after it was nearly bankrupt. The newspaper has a steady daily corner of a naked girl's image and focused on news of scandals. The sales of the newspapers increased in a short time, with Murdoch gaining huge profits and controlling the British media market.

In 1952, he became the general manager of News Limited Limited in Australia, inherited from his father, founder, chairman and CEO of News Corporation, Fox News, the world's second largest media conglomerate. Murdoch also tracked the companies that left News Corporation after the bloc split on June 28, 2013, the news agency News Corp. and Fox 21 for American films,In the 1950s and '60s, Murdoch acquired various newspapers in Australia and New Zealand before expanding to the United Kingdom in 1969, capturing News of the World, "People. He moved to New York in 1974 to expand into the American market, but confined himself to Australia and Britain. In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first big block newspaper in Britain, and became an American citizen by naturalization in 1985.

800 companies in more than 50 countries

In 1986, in order to adopt the latest e-publishing technology, he consolidated and merged printing operations in the United Kingdom at the headquarters of East London's East Village. His company News Corporation acquired Fox for the 20th Century American Films in 1985, HarperCollins for Publishing and Printing in 1989, The Wall Street Journal in 2007 is the first newspaper to be interested in business in the United States, the world, news and financial issues. London's Financial Times is the main competitor in the economic and trade fields and its most famous editor is Robert C. Thompson. "

Murdoch also formed the British Sky Broadcasting Company in 1990 and during the 1990s expanded satellite networks in Asia and television networks in South America. By the year 2000, Murdoch News Corporation has more than 800 companies in more than 50 countries worldwide with net assets of more than $ 5 billion. In July 2011, Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including News Corporation of Britain, owned by News Corporation, were accused of regularly spying on some 800 celebrity phones, kings and public citizens. Murdoch faced government and police investigations from Before the British government, related to bribery, corruption and FBI investigations in the United States, where the Levison Commission was tasked with uncovering the circumstances of the wiretapping as well as a general consideration of the British press practices. On May 21, 2012, Murdoch resigned as director of News International Global Publishing A wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corp in 2014, Murdoch has been listed on the television station for celebrities for his contributions to television.

International popular newspapers

Media Emperor Murdoch has several conservative newspapers such as the New York Post, the Times and the English Sun. Murdoch entered the Arab media market explicitly and partner through his investment in "Rotana" or justified as "Niqash" to acquire a stake. Rotana is the dominant media force in the Middle East - Wikipedia says it has six television channels and a film production arm, accounting for 50 per cent of the total production of Arab films. It has produced about 22 films in 2005, "T. J. R. Turkish TV "T" after bargaining for more than a year, and Murdoch is seeking to buy the newspaper "Turkey" and the agency, "Ikhlas" news owned by the Turkish businessman "Anwar Uran" in an effort to address the feeling of anti-Israel and America and win Turkey again after The image of the two allies in the Turkish street has been reduced, and it is classified as an attempt to penetrate the eastern mind .

 Murdoch has a great influence on the most important satellite channels through his personal relations with Gulf emirates and his news influence as a source of news. Murdoch's support for the neo-conservatives was reflected in the media's support for the Iraq war, which at the time used Murdoch's media influence to incite public opinion against Iraq and create popular ground for Bush's plans and his defense ministry. Walid Bin Talal has business relations with Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch through business partnerships at New Corporation and Rotana Group.

His faith in technology

The future of printing and ink is that it will be one of only a lot of media channels, from which the user, including the user, will choose from the media, For years it has been seen that the media will become like fast food, consumed by people in their movement, watching news, sports and movies while traveling on their computers. Murdoch also believes in the Internet as the world's next language, new technology and time of speed. Murdoch bought the MySpace social networking site for more than half a billion dollars, but quickly sold it for only $ 35 million after users were reluctant to do so and advertisers also ran away. MySpace revenue in 2011 was estimated at $ 180 million, compared with $ 605 million at the height of its success.

On the other hand, Fox decided to withdraw its bid for Time Warner

for $ 80 billion, abandoning its plans to create one of the world's largest media companies. This surprise announcement, without what many investors considered, was an inevitable drain on an agreement that would To bring together the two largest film and television production companies. Time Warner has said it has aggressively sought to halt Murdoch's progress and is committed to improving long-term value. "We look forward to continuing to bring significant and sustainable returns to all our shareholders."

Sources close to billionaire "Murdoch", the owner of Twenty First Century Fox, said Murdoch was still adhering to his offer to buy Time Warner, which the latter rejected. Murdoch made a $ 80 billion offer to buy Time Warner,  The parent company of CNN. According to Reuters, sources close to Murdoch said he intends to increase the cash payment rate in the deal to about 40% in order to convince Time Warner officials to accept the deal.

On his personal life, Murdoch's spokesman said Murdoch had filed divorce papers with his wife, Wendy Deng, because their marriage "collapsed and could not be repaired."

Rupert Murdoch with his daughters

The president of News Corp. submitted divorce papers to the New York State Supreme Court. The couple, who were married on a private yacht in 1999 in New York, had two daughters, Grace and his colleagues. In 2011, Deng, in a media-intensive spectacle, defended her husband and pushed a protester who tried to throw him into what appeared to be a pie while being questioned by the British parliament over the wiretapping scandal. Murdoch, 82, met his Chinese-born wife in 1997 at a cocktail party in Hong Kong and they married two years later after his divorce from his second wife.

Main Sources:

Wikipedia - BBC - Wikiquote - Sky News.

Who is Rupert Murdoch / by : Synagogue Baphomet