Rupert Murdoch

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Forbes lists Asia Pacific's most generous givers

Reuters Life! Online Report 6 days ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - A Taiwanese vegetable seller and the mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch are among the most generous souls in the Asia Pacific, according to a list of philanthropist "heroes" in the region. The list, compiled by magazine Forbes ...

Australians more likely to pay for movies than news online

AFP Asian Edition 7 days ago

Australians are more likely to pay for music and movies online than to hand over money to read newspapers on the Internet, a survey released Thursday said. The Nielsen research found that 51 percent of people would consider paying for movies available ...

Murdoch doubts N.Y. Times Slim sale speculation

Reuters US Online Report Business News 8 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said on Tuesday he didn't believe speculation that New York Times Co would be bought by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Murdoch was speaking at a Real Estate Board of New York event, ...

Murdoch challenging NY Times, launching NY edition of WSJ

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch threw down the gauntlet to The New York Times on Tuesday, announcing plans to launch a New York edition of The Wall Street Journal next month. Murdoch, in a speech to the Real Estate Board of New ...

WSJ's New York section to launch in April

AP News 8 days ago

WSJ's New York section to launch in April; Murdoch swipes at `certain other New York daily' News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that The Wall Street Journal will launch its New York metro section in April. Rumored for weeks, it is ...

Google says Murdoch stories can be taken off

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off.</p><p>In an interview in his native Australia, Murdoch accused Google ...

Report to recommend free-to-air Ashes TV coverage

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>The England cricket team's home Ashes matches with Australia could be forced on to free-to-air television under a review of televised sport in Britain, reports said Thursday.</p><p>The inquiry is expected to place the Ashes under the heading of the "crown jewels" of ...

British report calls for Ashes on free-to-air TV

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>England's home Ashes cricket matches against Australia should return to free-to-air television, a report for the British government said Friday.</p><p>The Department of Culture, Media and Sport published the recommendations of an independent inquiry which said the matches should be considered part of ...

Report calls for Ashes on free-to-air TV

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>England's home Ashes cricket matches against Australia should return to free-to-air television, a report for the government said on Friday.</p><p>The Department of Culture, Media and Sport published the recommendations of an independent inquiry which said the matches should be considered part of ...

All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure?</p><p>The News Corp. chairman has prompted a fierce debate among media watchers with his accusation that ...

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