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'''Keith Rupert Murdoch''' (b. born 1931) is an [[Australia|Australian]]n-born [[United States|American]] media magnate. He is the owner of the media conglomerate [[News Corporation]], and is a leading sponsor of material that appeals to [[conservative]]s. Some of the most well better known of the [[News CorporationCorp]]oration's holdings include have included the Fox Broadcasting Company (owner of the [[FOX News]] Channel), [[MySpace]], [[TV Guide]], Photobucket, the ''[[New York Post]]'', HarperCollins, DirectTVDirecTV, BSkyB, STAR TV, the ''[[Weekly Standard]]'', 20th Century Fox film studios, ''[[The Times]]'' and ''The Sun'' (both published in London), ''[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]'', ''[[The Boston Herald]]'' and UK's ''BSkyB'' satellite broadcasting system. He became a naturalized [[American ]] [[citizen ]] in 1985.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000023351/ ''NNDB'' - Rupert Murdoch]</ref> Rupert Murdoch is one of the richest people in the world according to [[Forbes ]] magazine, with an estimated net worth of $7.7 billion.<ref>[httphttps://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Keith-Rupert-Murdoch_639W.html ''Forbes'' - The 400 Richest Americans: #32 Rupert Murdoch]</ref>

In 2007, Murdoch announced that he is offering News Corporation purchased Dow Jones for $5 billion to buy . Dow Jones, is the parent company of ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/04/business/04murdoch.php ''International Herald Tribune'' Murdoch on owning the Wall Street Journal]</ref> On July 31, 2007, News Corps finalized the agreement to purchase Dow Jones. On July 2015, Murdoch passed leadership of Fox over to one of his sons, [[James Murdoch|James]].

[[Image:HillaryRupert1V.jpg|leftright|thumb|280px|Hillary Clinton with media magnate Ruppert Rupert Murdoch.<br><small>''Photo Courtesy Democrats Against Hillary''.</small><ref>[http://democratsagainsthillary.blogspot.com/ ''Democrats Against Hillary''].</ref>]]Since Slate reported that 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. <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2196085/</ref> However, [[Slate]] also reported in 2008: "Since Democrats won control of Congress in the 2006 elections, the company and its employees have given more than twice as much to [[Democrats]] as to [[Republicans]]."<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2196085/</ref> In recent years, Rupert Murdoch has formed strong relationship with [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] and [[Hillary Clinton]]. In 2005, he invited musician [[Bono]] and Bill Clinton to a company conference on the environment, [[Islam]] in the West, and future of the world.

In September of 2007, Murdoch's News Corp. announced plans to be carbon neutral by 2010, in an effort to combat [[global warming]]. Fox television shows and movies will begin to include environmental topics in the plots to make the public more aware of the issues.  ==Knighthood==Before Rupert Murdoch left his wife, he was anointed as a member of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, for his "unblemished character." ==Comparisons with Hearst==Murdoch is routinely<ref>[http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/if-it-were-hearst-instead-of-murdoch/?_r=0 If It Were Hearst Instead of Murdoch...], [[The New York Times]]</ref> contrasted<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-14512411 William Randolph Hearst: Mythical media bogeyman], [[BBC]]</ref> with [[William Randolph Hearst]],<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/rupert-murdochs-newspaper-war-85671 Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper War], [[Newsweek]]</ref> but this is both easy and misleading since "media barons' stories follow a familiar arc".<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/05/murdoch-scandal-follows-classic-media-baron-script/ Murdoch scandal follows classic media baron script], [[Associated Press]]</ref>

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