| | '''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> | | '''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> |
| − | 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.” | + | 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> | | 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> |