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Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American publisher
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Keith Rupert Murdoch
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March 11, 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (age 93)
Founder:
News Corporation
Notable Family Members:
son James Murdoch
son Lachlan Murdoch
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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. It focused on publishing after a reorganization in which its media and television holdings were spun off (2013) as 21st Century Fox and largely sold (2019). That sale resulted in the creation of Fox Corporation, which included Fox News and other TV channels. Murdoch, the son of Sir Keith Murdoch (1886–1952), a famous Australian war correspondent and publisher, studied at Worcester College, Oxford (M.A., 1953), and briefly ...(100 of 1242 words)

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