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Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (12 August 1885 – 4 October 1952) was an Australian journalist and media proprietor who was the founder of the Murdoch media empire. He amassed significant media holdings in Australia which after his death were expanded globally by his son Rupert. Murdoch was born in Melbourne, the son of a
Keith Arthur Murdoch, later Sir Keith Murdoch, was born in West Melbourne and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. [10] He became prominent as a journalist, while serving as a war correspondent during World War I .
Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the second of four children of Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885–1952) and Dame Elisabeth Joy (née Greene; 1909–2012). [24] [25]: 9 He is of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. His parents were also born in Melbourne.
Lachlan Murdoch shares his father Rupert's right-wing politics and enthusiasm for the family media empire, leading analysts to believe the son's corporate direction won't depart much from what the ...
The Australian-born mogul inherited a regional newspaper from his father before a global expansion saw him became one of the most powerful media executives in history, Bevan Hurley writes
The 92-year-old will be appointed chairman emeritus of each company.
Sir Keith Murdoch acquired a minority interest in the company in 1949. [9] Following his death in 1952, his son Rupert Murdoch inherited The News, which has been described by Murdoch biographer Bruce Page [10] as the "foundation stone" of News Limited (and News Corporation).
Her wartime polling gained the attention of Sir Keith Murdoch, who not only ran the Herald & Weekly Times but was also briefly Director-General of Information for the Australian government in 1940. Murdoch commissioned Ashby to run research into the war effort, and Ashby ran the first Australia-wide public opinion survey. [4]