For the second straight quarter, News Corp’s executive chairman and controlling shareholder Rupert skipped the quarterly earnings call with analysts and journalists this morning.
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Bolt, Day reveal why ACMA should move on Lachlan Murdoch
Perhaps the most striking recent example of Australia’s supine cross-media ownership laws was the decision by ACMA to allow Lachlan Murdoch to remain as a director of News Corp while clearly influencing Network Ten.
How about a Rupert tweet on Sir Rod’s surprise gong?
The fact that Rupert Murdoch has board approval to tweet away is surprising, if only because it is amazing that he still holds a leadership position at News Corp.
The waters of Data Pool 3 may yet swallow Rupert himself
The scandal that continues to swell around Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the United Kingdom features all the trappings of a flood that keeps breaking through hastily built barriers to wreak new inundations, writes David Ritter from London.
News settles phone-hacking payouts, but story still has legs
Any hope that paying out big money will help end the trouble is surely misplaced.
Why is Rupert spending millions undermining national security?
Rupert Murdoch complains that Google has spent millions lobbying for “piracy”. He has spent millions possibly undermining internet security …
Murdoch on Twitter continues anti-Google crusade
Twitter noob Rupert Murdoch continues to use the micro-blogging social media platform as a launch pad for seemingly random sprays. His latest target: Google, writes Peter Kafka.
A lesson from Murdoch to CEOs: time to get on Twitter
Rupert Murdoch’s Twitter debut at first felt very “so what?” But as James Thomson explains, surprisingly few CEOs take advantage of the social platform’s power.
A Christmas message from Rupert Murdoch (really)
Wow! What a year of events, good and bad, marvels Rupert Murdoch. (This is real.)
The 2011 Crikeys: who went boom and bust in business
After another year of remarkable volatility caused by the unpredictable news flow coming out of the European debt crisis, Australian investors have every reason to be sitting on their hands. So who did capitalise?
Rupert Murdoch: all hail the Sun King
At 80 years of age, Rupert Murdoch still flies into Australia to sack his right-hand man, rip apart the front pages and terrify his editors. They hang on every word and his 175 newspapers around the world dutifully spout his views, writes Paul Barry.
Murdoch, Baillieu and Morgan: a story of old Melbourne families
Melbourne marked an interesting milestone last week.
Rundle: NotW scandal widens, Mulcaire now has nothing to lose
December 7 — a day of infamy for an empire, its forces tethered and defenceless, the enemy coming out of the sun, laying waste.
Guy Rundle: McMullan testimony a toxic mix of nihilism, self-righteousness and victimhood
Paul McMullan’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry was stomach turning testimony, but it was the best insight yet into what went so badly wrong at the heart of News International culture.
Political snippets: The magic 2.5% in Swan’s Fiscal Outlook
When in doubt just wave the magic wand and declare across the board savings of whatever amount you need to make a promise sound plausible.
Worlds collide as UK parliamentary committee comes to Oz
I’ll be dining next week with five members of the UK parliamentary committee probing phone hacking.
On Murdoch’s News Corp share sale, timing is everything
As any investor knows timing in investment is everything, just ask Rupert Murdoch and his new big shareholder, the aggressive US hedge funder, John Paulson.
Media power shifts: watch for a Stokes move on Fairfax
Control of Fairfax Media’s sprawling newspaper, online and radio operations is suddenly available for as little as $500 million.
Mayne: Hartigan exit a classic Rupert power play
Without any need to consult Telstra, Kerry Stokes or James Packer, the trio that together own 75% of Foxtel, Rupert was able to poach the well-regarded Foxtel CEO Kim Williams to take News Ltd in a different direction.
@BigHarto’s resignation letter: I implore you to honour my legacy
When Rupert handed me my letter of resignation to sign yesterday, he said that my decision came as no surprise to him.
Williams, sans boys’ club machismo, breaks News Ltd mould
Kim Williams’ elevation will bring some changes, and alter key dynamics in Australia’s largest newspaper publisher.
Crikey Says: Rupert’s going to live forever
New blood was one of the reasons cited for News Ltd CEO John Hartigan’s departure to make room for Foxtel’s Kim Williams, a man with a very different management style more suited to take on the challenges of the digital area.
Farewell Big Harto: News Ltd CEO John Hartigan resigns
Rupert Murdoch has delivered a savage verdict on the health of his Australian operation, with veteran News Ltd CEO John Hartigan stepping aside and Rupert taking the company’s chairmanship for himself.
Forget new media diversity, the internet has tightened News’ squirrel grip
If TV and radio news constitute two pillars of Australia’s daily news cycle, then the third is represented not by newspapers or the internet, but by News Limited.
Media briefs: Onya Rupe … The West kills Frazier … Age plays ladyboy card …
In today’s Media Briefs: Onya Rupe, for a generous ‘gift of love’ … Ludlam and the News-employed Marxist … It’s OK, Gillard’s not a head of state and more …
