As new reports surfaced today against him, yet more scandal is being pinned on his News
Corp. media empire, including now a bribe involving News Corp, the Chamber of Commerce and — more bribes.
Dissident shareholders of Twenty - First Century Fox Inc. (formerly part of the News
Corp. media empire) are pushing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch to give up the dual - class structure at the film and television company.
Not exact matches
Reid believes the breadth of Murdoch's
empire could be an advantage and questions whether the average
media consumer is aware that Fox News and the Wall Street Journal are owned by News
Corp. «With the layman, that can work to their advantage,» he says.
As a
media empire reliant upon advertising revenue, the ultimate threat to News
Corp. is «scandal creep» where the problem migrates to other properties and other ventures, says Veritas» Reid.
Big Idea: Oldest son of Rupert Murdoch has returned to his father's
empire as non-executive co-chairman of News
Corp. and 20th Century Fox after quitting his executive positions in the pre-split News
Corp. in 2005 — and relinquishing his status as heir presumptive — to build his own radio and TV group, Nova, with James Packer, scion of another Australian
media dynasty.
He made an abrupt switch, however, as his News
Corp. company struggled to contain a U.K. crisis that is threatening his entire global
media empire.
Luntz was hired by News
Corp., Rupert Murdoch's
media empire, to explore how to talk about climate change and clean energy to skeptical Americans.
Last week, the
media mogul pledged not only to make his News
Corp. empire carbon neutral, but to persuade the hundreds of millions of people who watch his TV channels and read his newspapers to join the cause.