Activities in the United States Rupert Murdoch

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on 20 july 2005, news corporation bought intermix media inc., held myspace, imagine games network , other social networking-themed websites, $580 million usd, making murdoch major player in online media concerns. in june 2011, sold off myspace us$35 million. on 11 september 2005, news corporation announced buy ign entertainment $650 million (usd).


in may 2007, murdoch made $5 billion offer purchase dow jones. @ time, bancroft family, had owned dow jones 105 years , controlled 64% of shares @ time, declined offer. later, bancroft family confirmed willingness consider sale. besides murdoch, associated press reported supermarket magnate ron burkle , internet entrepreneur brad greenspan among other interested parties. in 2007, murdoch acquired dow jones, gave him such publications wall street journal, barron s magazine, far eastern economic review (based in hong kong) , smartmoney.


in june 2014, murdoch s 21st century fox made bid time warner @ $85 per share in stock , cash ($80 billion total) time warner s board of directors turned down in july. warner s cnn unit have been sold ease antitrust issues of purchase. on 5 august 2014 company announced had withdrawn offer time warner, , said spend $6 billion buying own shares on following 12 months.


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mcnight (2010) identifies 4 characteristics of media operations: free market ideology; unified positions on matters of public policy; global editorial meetings; , opposition alleged liberal bias in other public media.


on 8 may 2006, financial times reported murdoch hosting fund-raiser senator hillary clinton s (d-new york) senate re-election campaign. in 2008 interview walt mossberg, murdoch asked whether had new york post s endorsement of barack obama in democratic primaries. without hesitating, murdoch replied, yeah. rock star. s fantastic. love saying education. don t think win florida... win in ohio , election. anxious meet him. want see if walk walk. murdoch strong supporter of israel , domestic policies.


in 2010, news corporation gave us$1 million republican governors association , $1 million u.s. chamber of commerce. murdoch served on board of directors of libertarian cato institute. murdoch supporter of stop online piracy act , protect intellectual property act.


murdoch supporter of more open immigration policies in western nations generally. in united states, murdoch , chief executives several major corporations, including hewlett-packard, boeing , disney joined new york city mayor michael bloomberg form partnership new american economy advocate immigration reform – including path legal status illegal aliens in united states. coalition, reflecting murdoch , bloomberg s own views, advocates significant increases in legal immigration united states means of boosting america s sluggish economy , lowering unemployment. partnership s immigration policy prescriptions notably similar of cato institute , u.s. chamber of commerce—both of murdoch has supported in past.


the wall street journal editorial page has advocated increased legal immigration, in contrast staunch anti-immigration stance of murdoch s british newspaper, sun. on 5 september 2010, murdoch testified before house subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, refugees, border security, , international law membership on role of immigration in strengthening america s economy. in testimony, murdoch called ending mass deportations , endorsed comprehensive immigration reform plan include pathway citizenship illegal immigrants.


in 2012 u.s. presidential election, murdoch critical of competence of mitt romney s team nonetheless supportive of republican victory, tweeting: of course want him [romney] win, save socialism, etc.


in may 2013, murdoch purchased moraga estate, estate, vineyard , winery in bel air, los angeles, california.


in october 2015, murdoch stirred controversy when praised republican presidential candidate ben carson , referenced president barack obama, tweeting, ben , candy carson terrific. real black president can address racial divide? , else. after apologized, tweeting, apologies! no offence meant. find both men charming.


since donald trump won u.s. presidency, murdoch has shown support him through news stories broadcast in media empire, including on fox news.








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