Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American media mogul who built a global empire spanning newspapers, television, and film.
His holdings have included Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London.
The name often appears in discussions of media consolidation and political influence: Murdoch's newspapers helped shape the Brexit debate.
He is associated with populist conservatism and tabloid sensationalism.
Mass signal transmission
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
press · publication · print · television · satellite · digital · streaming · newspapers
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
capitalist · oligarch · patriarch · kingmaker · powerbroker · titan · heavyweight · kingpin
Politically conservative faction
- RepublicanGOP party member
- pro-businessFavoring commercial interests
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
kingmaker · Thatcher · Reagan · Trump · partisan · ideology · propaganda · spin
Proper noun, often feminine
- HarperCollinsMajor American publishing conglomerate
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- mergersCorporate consolidations
subsidiaries · holdings · diversification · expansion · global · stakeholders · investments · dynasty
Study of right conduct
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- libelPrinted defamation
defamation · backlash · boycott · accountability · resignations · settlements · privacy · apology
broadcasting
Mass signal transmission
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
editorial · press · publication · print · television · satellite · digital · streaming · newspapers · columnist
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
industrialist · capitalist · oligarch · patriarch · kingmaker · powerbroker · titan · heavyweight · kingpin · dominant
right-wing
Politically conservative faction
- RepublicanGOP party member
- pro-businessFavoring commercial interests
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
deregulation · kingmaker · Thatcher · Reagan · Trump · partisan · ideology · propaganda · spin · agenda
Sky
Proper noun, often feminine
- HarperCollinsMajor American publishing conglomerate
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
mergers · subsidiaries · holdings · diversification · expansion · global · stakeholders · investments · dynasty · heir
ethics
Study of right conduct
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
libel · defamation · backlash · boycott · accountability · resignations · settlements · privacy · apology
- British MediaBBC, Fleet Street, tabloids, broadsheets, The Guardian
- Press FiguresJoseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Ida Tarbell, Nellie Bly, Edward R. Murrow
- Film MogulsCecil B. DeMille, Walt Disney, Bob Iger, Kevin Feige, Kathleen Kennedy
- mass mediaprinting press, television, radio, magazines, cinema
- AustraliansHugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Margot Robbie
- Business IconsRockefeller, Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan
Rupert MurdochGeorge Soros
Ted Turner · Jeff Bezos · The Guardian · Noam Chomsky · Rachel Maddow
Rupert MurdochEdward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite · Carl Bernstein · Bob Woodward · BBC · ProPublica