INTRODUCTION:
¨Born on the 11th March 1931
¨Chairman and Chief Executive of the News Corporation
¨109th Richest person in the world
¨Industry: Broadcasting, Publishing and Digital Media.
¨Staff: 53,000
¨Salary:$24.3 million (£12.2 million) including a Bonus of £7.9 million
¨Annual Revenue: $28.7 billion (£14.4 billion)
¨Worth: $8.3 billion (£4.2billion).
¨Born on the 11th March 1931
¨Chairman and Chief Executive of the News Corporation
¨109th Richest person in the world
¨Industry: Broadcasting, Publishing and Digital Media.
¨Staff: 53,000
¨Salary:$24.3 million (£12.2 million) including a Bonus of £7.9 million
¨Annual Revenue: $28.7 billion (£14.4 billion)
¨Worth: $8.3 billion (£4.2billion).
HISTORY:
¨Rupert Murdoch controls a multimedia global empire which covers newspapers, T.V, films and the internet. Annual Revenues of nearly $30 billion (£15 billion).
¨He first entered the British Media in 1968.
¨He expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets.
¨He beat rival publisher Robert Maxwell in securing The News of the World, he also owns The Sun , The Sunday Times and The Times.
¨The Sun entered the market in 1969, Murdoch then converted it into a Tabloid newspaper. This newspaper then went to selling 3 million copies a day in 2006.
¨During the 1980’s and 90’s , his publications were generally supportive of UK Prime Minister Margret Thatcher.
¨Murdoch also owns the British Based Satellite network Sky.
¨Murdoch first entered the US media industry in 1973.
¨He owns well recognised newspapers all over the world, including the New York Post, San Antonio Express News and Star, many of which are much well known supermarket tabloids.
He also owns the Fox Network in the US, which broadcasts very popular and well established programmes, such as prison break and Simpsons, just to name a few.
¨Rupert Murdoch controls a multimedia global empire which covers newspapers, T.V, films and the internet. Annual Revenues of nearly $30 billion (£15 billion).
¨He first entered the British Media in 1968.
¨He expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets.
¨He beat rival publisher Robert Maxwell in securing The News of the World, he also owns The Sun , The Sunday Times and The Times.
¨The Sun entered the market in 1969, Murdoch then converted it into a Tabloid newspaper. This newspaper then went to selling 3 million copies a day in 2006.
¨During the 1980’s and 90’s , his publications were generally supportive of UK Prime Minister Margret Thatcher.
¨Murdoch also owns the British Based Satellite network Sky.
¨Murdoch first entered the US media industry in 1973.
¨He owns well recognised newspapers all over the world, including the New York Post, San Antonio Express News and Star, many of which are much well known supermarket tabloids.
He also owns the Fox Network in the US, which broadcasts very popular and well established programmes, such as prison break and Simpsons, just to name a few.
MURDOCH'S INFLUENCE:
¨Murdoch has a great influence on some as he is seen as a great media Mogul.
¨He is a powerful media influence as he dominates a great amount of the media industry not only in the UK but all over the world.
¨The fact that he controls a large amount of the media industry means that he can manipulate the publics views into thinking his biased ones are the right ones.
¨He is a great media influence as he gives the inspiration to many who wish to enter the media industry and to also show that you can achieve anything you put your mind to, as he only started out with a Australian newspaper and then expanded into the British, US and Asian media industries.
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