The Murdochs, Packers and Lowys were once the wealthiest families in Australia. The mining boom gave rise to the likes of Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer, who exercise their power in very different ways.
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Murdochs still get big bonuses despite phone hacking scandal
Has James Murdoch been sacked, demoted or shown the door following revelations about his role in the NotW scandal? No — in fact, he’s been promoted, writes Paul Barry.
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Liz Murdoch pulls no punches, takes aim at James
The independently successful Elisabeth Murdoch, who quit the family business in 2001, has had a go at her brother James in no uncertain terms during a keynote lecture in Edinburgh, writes Paul Barry.
READ MOREIs Rupert’s boardroom shuffle a last UK dance?
The direct influence of Rupert Murdoch on his newspapers has vanished from Britain, with the news that he resigned from several boards, cutting himself adrift from Britain for the first time since 1969.
READ MORELeveson, challenge to power or enormous release valve?
The Prime Minister is being questioned under oath about his relationship to the largest media company in the land, about what was promised in the lead-up to the 2010 election, and no one gives a rat’s.
READ MOREMajor says Murdoch pressured him on EU: Leveson greatest hits
The Leveson inquiry’s public hearings will wrap up tomorrow with a long-awaited appearance by prime minister David Cameron. Here’s the juiciest revelations to date.
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Rundle: the inevitable splits and spats of the News fallout
These spats may be the least of the Murdochs’ worries.
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Rupert Murdoch’s letter to staff: ‘we’ve done the hardest part’
“It is difficult to read many of the report’s findings,” Rupert Murdoch tells staff after the release of the UK’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport report. Crikey has his memo.
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Morris kicks out … Morris wants Aussies to kick Gillard … Nine does its Block …
In today’s Media Briefs: Grahame Morris on kicking Julia Gillard to death … James Murdoch to face … Garry Linnell promoted to editorial director at Fairfax and more …
READ MOREMayne on Leveson: how Robert Jay QC should line up for day 2
Rupert Murdoch repeatedly denied the undeniable when it came to his core business of using media power to impose his ideology on democracies while maximising his family’s wealth.
READ MOREHow did James’ entree compare to Rupert’s sizzle?
Today is all about Rupert, but let’s not forget yesterday’s session at the Leveson Inquiry, in which the 81-year-old’s son and heir, James Murdoch, was slow-roasted for six hours in London’s High Court. So how did Sun King and son stack up against each other?
READ MOREMedia groups cop it in the bottom line … more to come
Following profit downgrades on Tuesday from Seven West Media and PMP, it seems there’s about to be more losses for the sector.
READ MORECheerleaders, warriors and a public interest test: who would you trust?
The crisis around UK minister Jeremy Hunt illustrates the problems of a media public interest test.
READ MOREMurdoch spills on his political power to Leveson
Crikey media wrap: Rupert Murdoch fronted the Leveson Inquiry for four hours yesterday to discuss the political power that he maintains through the control of his newspapers — a concept he calls “a myth”.
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Rupert’s tactics just his old obfuscation tricks wrapped up in tweets
Rupert Murdoch was up to his old tricks at the weekend, this time diverting attention from pressure that is about to be applied to himself and son James in London.
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Schooling Gerard … pressure on Murdochs … Age lifts Hun video
Retired right-wing cartoonist Larry Pickering has portrayed Julia Gillard as a dildo-wielding rapist in a cartoon on his website. Plus other media news of the day.
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Latest on the hacking scandal by guest correspondent Rupert
This just in, Rupert Murdoch’s twitter stream, as transcribed by Guy Rundle.
READ MOREJames Murdoch walks the plank at BSkyB
Another day, another defeat for James Murdoch, who quit overnight as executive chairman of the family’s pay-TV business BSkyB after nine years in charge.
READ MOREFresh hacking claims as more Murdoch dirty laundry aired
The pressure on Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation is increasing following fresh hacking claims made in a BBC Panorama program that aired in Britain this morning.
READ MOREHow did James Murdoch miss the phone hacking smoking guns?
What did James Murdoch know – or not know – about phone hacking during his time at News of the World? Paul Barry investigates.
READ MOREFrom bad to worse for Murdoch’s imploding newspaper group
It goes from bad to worse to Guy Ritchie farce for the Murdochs, News Corp and their imploding UK newspaper group and its employees.
READ MOREBSkyB inquiry to sour Rupert’s birthday bash
As Rupert Murdoch celebrates his 81st birthday this weekend, there’s an unwelcome development in Britain that threatens not only son James, but News Corp itself.
READ MOREMurdoch’s Manhattan transfer was always going to happen
In all the speculation about what James Murdoch’s move back to New York and away from news International, several important points have been lost.
READ MOREMayne: James Murdoch’s resignation means nothing
Don’t for a moment believe that James Murdoch has been appropriately sanctioned or punished for his role in the huge cover-up operation deployed to deny massive phone hacking and illegal payments to public officials.
READ MORENews Corp and Rupert, just trying to saving old horses from the glue factory
Most of the time one reads the tweets of @rupertmurdoch with a sense of profound relief that you are not stuck next to the bloke at a bar, writes freelancer David Ritter from London.
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