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'''Rupert Murdoch''' (born Keith Rupert Murdoch in 1931) is an Australian-born media executive. He is the owner of the media conglomerate News Corporation. Some of the most well known of the News Corporation's dozens of holdings include the Fox Broadcasting Company, the FOX News Channel, MySpace, TV Guide, the ''New York Post'', HarperCollins. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1985. [http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000023351/]
'''Rupert Murdoch''' (born in 1931) is an Australian-born media magnate. He is the owner of the media conglomerate News Corporation. Some of the most well known of the News Corporation's holdings include the Fox Broadcasting Company, the [[FOX News]] Channel, [[MySpace]], [[TV Guide]], the ''New York Post'', HarperCollins, DirectTV, BSkyB, the ''Weekly Standard'', 20th Century FOX, ''The London Times'', the ''London Sun'', ''The Boston Herald'' and a stake in UK's Sky News. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1985.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000023351/</ref>
In 2007, Murdoch announced that he was formally bidding to buy the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/04/business/04murdoch.php]
A former editor of ''The London Times'' said Mr. Murdoch once pointed to the byline of a correspondent and asserted, “That man’s a Commie.”
In 2007, Murdoch announced that he is offering $5 billion to buy Dow Jones, parent company of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/04/business/04murdoch.php</ref>
==Political Contributions==
Since 1997, [[Republicans]] have received a slight majority - 56% of the $4.76 million in campaign donations from the Murdoch family and the News Corporation’s political action committees and employees. In recent years, Rupert Murdoch has formed strong relationship with Bill and [[Hilary Clinton]].
==References==
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/business/media/25murdoch.html?pagewanted=5&ei=5090&en=52d9d4e3c66c5876&ex=1340424000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Murdoch, Ruler of a Vast Empire, Reaches Out for Even More], Jo Becker, Richard Siklos, Jane Perlez, Raymond Bonner, Griff Palmer, ''The New York Times'', June 25, 2007.
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