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基思鲁珀特 Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch) 1931 年 3 月 11 was born in Melbourne, Australia, the United States after the accession to membership. His father, Sir Keith Murdoch was the famous war correspondent and publisher. Murdoch graduated from the University of Worcester College, Oxford, in the London "Daily Express" served as assistant editor, returned to Australia in 1952, his father operate the verge of bankruptcy, "Adelaide Daily." 1956 acquisition of "Perth Sunday magazine." Bought in 1960, "the Sydney Daily Mirror" and "Sydney Daily." Founded in 1964, "Australian." Control of the United Kingdom in 1969 "World News" magazine and "The Sun newspaper." 1973, purchased the United States, "San Antonio News" and "Star." Has acquired in 1976, "New York Post," and New York magazine company. Purchased in 1981, "the Times" and "Sunday Times" and their three weekly, which controls 30% of Britain's newspaper circulation. Then buy the U.S. "Chicago Sun-Times" and control the press in the influential film and Warner Communications. Murdoch is chairman of Ansett Airlines, the U.S. publishing company chairman, chairman of the city Post Publishing Company, International News Limited chairman. 1981, appointed Vice Chairman of The Times Holdings Ltd, in January 1982 as chairman. 1984, appointed manager of Reuters Limited shares. Murdoch's News Corporation of Australia, he served as general manager. He founded the Murdoch press is one of Australia's major newspapers, in addition to operating a TV outside, in Australia and the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand has dozens of newspapers and magazines. The nineties, Murdoch has established in the United States and CBS (CBS), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) standing shoulder to shoulder the three major television networks kingdom media - Fox TV network (FOX ).
Murdoch's personal property has more than 11 billion U.S. dollars. Murdoch married three times, with his first wife Pat gave birth to a daughter, parted ways shortly after. In 1967, Murdoch and then-British "Daily Mirror" reporter, married 19-year-old Anna, in the common life of 32 years and has two men and a woman. Murdoch current wife, Wendi Deng for the Chinese woman.
Currently, Murdoch control of the Australian 2 / 3 of the newspaper, the British "Sun", "The Times" and 40% of the newspaper by Rupert Murdoch holding. He also owns Britain's Sky News, the U.S. Fox television network, Star TV Asia, Hong Kong (the Star). After the arrival of the Internet era, Murdoch also announced a special collaboration with Japanese companies to expand investment in financial firms Internet - Softbank.
Western mainstream media Murdoch mixed reaction, mainly in the following two issues: first, Murdoch on the endless pursuit of commercial interests. Although News Corp. to "news" started, but the group more than 60% of the proceeds from the "entertainment" and related industries. Another Murdoch attacked by the West because of his less ideological, and actively strengthen relations with China and strive to expand their business in China. The mid-80s, his first visit to China on News Group contributed to the first cooperation with China. In 1998, he also through news groups hardest hit by the floods in China contribute to one million U.S. dollars.
Over the past 20 years, Murdoch has been attracting huge market in China, the Australian media tycoon, "News Corporation" the boss, betting on China for more than 20 billion dollars, he even discussed the ethnic Chinese wife, Wendi Deng, gave birth to two daughters and employ the Chinese-speaking nurse, expect her to grow up in a bilingual environment.
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