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News Corp. Gives GOP Governors a $1M Boost

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2010 As if any doubt remained as to News Corp. titan Rupert Murdoch's political proclivities, we have hard monetary evidence in the form of the media megacorp's newly committed $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch, Microsoft May Team Up to Challenge Google

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2009 Over the last decade, Google has ballooned into the many-headed online hydra we know it to be today, and despite grumblings about monopolies and a couple of legal tussles, the company's viselike grip has seemed assured for years to come However, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch might be gearing up (continued) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Murdoch’s Money Misfortune

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2009 You know times are tough when even multimillionaire moguls are seeing their hard-earned compensation cut almost by half. Rupert Murdoch, the jowly head of News Corp., has taken a compensation cut of 40 percent because of weak earnings by his eccentric media empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza Ad Stirs Controversy Across the Pond

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 Two of Britain's biggest networks, Sky and the BBC, have refused to air a two-minute fundraising appeal on behalf of Gaza The decision not to broadcast the spot, produced by a committee made up of Britain's biggest aid agencies, has triggered public outcry, condemnation from politicians and a formal investigation by the BBC Trust. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and O’Reilly Square Off

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 The first installment of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's interview with Bill O'Reilly aired Thursday, during which the Fox News host drove a hard line about Iran's nuclear program and the success of the "surge" in Iraq. "Why can't you just say, 'I was right in the beginning and I was wrong about the surge?' " asked O'Reilly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

MySpace Spammers Fined $230 Million

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2008 A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered two Internet spammers to pay a record-breaking $230 million in fines after they sent more than 700,000 unsolicited advertisements to MySpace users. The amount is almost half what Rupert Murdoch spent to buy the social networking site in 2005. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch Eyes Yahoo

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2008 Having just rebuffed a $42.1-billion offer from Microsoft, Yahoo Inc. has another suitor: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Although Murdoch is rich, he's not Bill Gates rich, and MySpace, which is supposed to entice Yahoo into the deal, is so 2007. Murdoch detractors, therefore, should take pause, but not panic. The most popular news site on the Internet and Yahoo's many other properties remain impartial, for now. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wall Street Journal Braces for Murdoch

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2007 Change is afoot at the Wall Street Journal. As of Wednesday, mega-mogul Rupert Murdoch is just a day shy of officially owning The Journal (although shareholders haven't officially signed off on the sale yet), but he's already looming large at the paper's Dow Jones & Co. headquarters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ex-Publisher Accuses News Corp. of Protecting Giuliani

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2007 Judith Regan, the HarperCollins publisher who was fired after her O.J. Simpson book project fell apart, has accused an unnamed executive from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. of telling her to lie to federal investigators in order to protect Rudy Giuliani. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch Nearing Dow Jones Deal?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2007 A weekly British business magazine, appropriately named The Business, reported Friday that media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had successfully added Dow Jones & Co. Inc. to his News Corp. empire, but other sources insist the deal is not yet sealed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beware Murdoch’s ‘Necessary Promises’

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 17, 2007 While Rupert Murdoch is as conscious of his image as any other legendary villain, he also seems to possess a sense of humor -- or at least somebody around him does. Early in his ongoing bid to take over Dow Jones Publishing and The Wall Street Journal, a Murdoch spokesman said that the media mogul would reassure those who may fear for the paper's independence and integrity with all of the "necessary promises." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )