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Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire (2023), by Walter Marsh, has been praised for the high quality of its research. It focuses on Murdoch as a child and young man, in particular his early career at The News in Adelaide and his relationship with the editor-in-chief Rohan Rivett.
May 29, 2023 · Young Rupert took up his inheritance in Adelaide in 1953 with minimal journalistic experience. He quickly revealed himself to be a ruthless rule-breaker and hands on, expansionary...
Aug 16, 2023 · Walter Marsh’s book Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire has the distinctive strength of knowing Adelaide much better than any other Murdoch watcher, and studying Murdoch’s...
Jul 23, 2011 · By Madeleine Morris & Stephanie Hegarty. BBC News. Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is at the centre of the phone hacking scandal engulfing British politics. But how did the press baron go...
5 days ago · Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian -born American newspaper publisher and media entrepreneur who founded (1979) the global media holding company the News Corporation Ltd. —often called News Corp.
Sep 22, 2023 · When Rupert Murdoch started his career, he was young, hungry and desperate to claw back his family's stake in Australia's news business. Known as "the boy publisher" - the 22-year-old...
In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his father’s dying wish: for Rupert to live a ‘useful altruistic and full life’ in the media.
