Influence, wealth and reputation Rupert Murdoch








murdoch accepting hudson institute s 2015 global leadership award in november


according forbes real time list of world s billionaires, murdoch 34th richest person in , 96th richest person in world, net worth of us$13.1 billion of february 2017. in 2016, forbes ranked rupert murdoch & family 35th powerful person in world.


in 2003 murdoch bought rosehearty , 11 bedroom home on 5-acre waterfront estate in centre island, new york.


in august 2013, terry flew, professor of media , communications @ queensland university of technology, wrote article conversation publication in verified claim former australian prime minister kevin rudd murdoch owned 70% of australian newspapers in 2011. flew s article showed news corp australia owned 23% of nation s newspapers in 2011, according finkelstein review of media , media regulation, but, @ time of article, corporation s titles accounted 59% of sales of daily newspapers, weekly sales of 17.3 million copies.


in connection murdoch s testimony leveson inquiry ethics of british press , editor of newsweek international, tunku varadarajan, referred him man name synonymous unethical newspapers .


news corp papers accused of supporting campaign of australian liberal government , influencing public opinion during 2013 federal election. following announcement of liberal party victory @ polls, murdoch tweeted aust. election public sick of public sector workers , phony welfare scroungers sucking life out of economy. other nations follow in time.


in november 2015, former australian prime minister tony abbott said murdoch arguably has had more impact on wider world other living australian .








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