Media World

Peter Fiddick

Current news and gossip about Rupert Murdoch: his assault on state-funded (public service) broadcasting systems in Europe; is he declaring war on the BBC?

Media World

Bearing Rupert

Peter Fiddick

There is no avoiding Rupert Murdoch. In the past month or so alone, his empire has been doing new deals in China, has bought a telecoms foothold in Russia and, most famously, has pulled out of a deal in Italy, having - on the verge of swallowing the television interests of tycoon-turned-politician Silvio Burlusconi - summoned the prime minister of Britain to check with his Italian counterpart whether such a move would be smiled upon.

(This much publicised ploy was widely interpreted as further proof of the Murdoch empire's muscle, especially with the UK's...

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