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Sep 21, 2023 · 1950s. The Australian-born mogul ventured into media in 1952 when he inherited his family’s business after the death of his father, Keith Murdoch. A 21-year-old Oxford student, he...
- Liberalism and Sensationalism
- Bold Moves
- An Old Friend Sacked
Rupert let Rivett develop the News into the most liberal daily paper in the country, one with a social conscience that published very different views tothe establishment Advertiser. Murdoch learned all he could by working in various roles at the paper and developed a reputation for his overwhelming energy and for rolling up his sleeves and observin...
Murdoch made two bold moves in Adelaide in 1958–59. One was politicaland the other commercial, and as journalist and author George Munster noted, these moves were not well coordinated; they ran in opposite directions. The News took a strong stance on the trial of Rupert Max Stuart, an Indigenous carnival worker who had been convicted in 1958 of the...
While the Adelaide establishment was still buzzing about the Stuart case, Murdoch made an audacious bid to gain control of the Advertiser. Backed by the Commonwealth Bank, Murdoch made an offer of more than £14 million in shares and cash to Advertiser Newspapers Ltd. At a time when News Limited had less than £1.8 million in shareholders’ funds, it ...
Nov 1, 2023 · When his father died suddenly in 1952, Murdoch inherited a small newspaper in Adelaide and soon was using its profits to buy up suburban papers all over Australia, as well as licenses for ...
After his father Keith Murdoch died in 1952, Murdoch took over the running of The News, a small Adelaide newspaper owned by his father. In the 1950s and 1960s, Murdoch acquired a number of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969, taking over the News of the World , followed closely by The Sun .
3 days ago · His father having died, he returned to Australia in 1954 to take over his inheritance, the Sunday Mail and The News, both of Adelaide; he quickly converted the latter into a paper dominated by news of sex and scandal, often writing its banner headlines himself.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Known as "the boy publisher" - the 22-year-old had inherited a paper in the small city of Adelaide from his father, and a plan to take on the international media. The 92-year-old is arguably...
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Sep 21, 2023 · Australian-born businessman Rupert Murdoch inherited the Sunday Mail and the News from his father, a famous war correspondent and newspaper publisher. Murdoch continued to purchase...
