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Journalist Sir Keith Murdoch (1885–1952), Rupert Murdoch's father. Following his father's death, when he was 21, Murdoch returned from Oxford to take charge of what was left of the family business. After liquidation of his father's Herald stake to pay taxes, what was left was News Limited, which had been established in 1923.
Rupert Murdoch at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, 2007. Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the San Antonio Express-News. Soon afterwards, he founded a US supermarket tabloid Star, and in 1976, he purchased the New York Post. [14] In 1981, Murdoch acquired the London Times and ...
Elisabeth Murdoch and her father, Rupert Murdoch, pictured in 2010. Elisabeth is involved in the Nevada court proceedings along with her other siblings. Samir Hussein/Getty Images
Prudence Murdoch is Rupert’s eldest child and daughter from his first marriage to ex-wife Patricia Booker. She was born in August 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia, but moved to London with her ...
Patrick John Murdoch (10 June 1850 – 1 July 1940) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who is known for being the father of Sir Keith Murdoch and the grandfather of Rupert Murdoch. Life and career
Rupert Murdoch has announced that he is engaged to girlfriend Ann Lesley Smith.. The billionaire media mogul, who is the executive chairman of News Corp, confirmed on Monday 20 March he will be ...
In 1952, Rupert Murdoch inherited The News, a tabloid newspaper based in Adelaide, South Australia, after the death of his father Keith.In the years following, he acquired several newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States, including News of the World, The Sun, the New York Post, and founded Sky News and Fox News.
Business magnate and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced on Thursday that he’s retiring as chairman at Fox Corporation and News Corp. in mid-November after a seven-decade career.