The making of a media mogul
For centuries, the news industry has been shaped by wealthy, powerful men. Have they also helped to destroy it?
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
For centuries, the news industry has been shaped by wealthy, powerful men. Have they also helped to destroy it?
ByMichael Wolff’s account of the fall of the media strongman is an ugly, scurrilous tale of profit’s triumph over democracy.
ByFor the past couple of years the publication has been widely assumed to be in play, following the death of…
ByEven if the Duke of Sussex fails to prove any unlawful behaviour by the Mirror Group, he is likely to…
ByThe widow of the former Fox News’ chairman gets personal.
ByFox News won’t become a bastion of journalistic integrity just because it’s lost its leading host.
ByThe media magnate has been spared court. But the legal evidence offered extraordinary insights into his influence.
ByUnlike other Tory PMs, she never got a chance to meet the media magnate.
ByAfter 18 years David Aaronovitch was mysteriously let go from Rupert Mudroch’s paper, but he feels “free at last”.
ByThe channel’s interview with Sunak pulled in more than twice as many viewers as that with Johnson.
ByAfter the liberal Emma Tucker, the newspaper’s appointment of Ben Taylor as editor could mean a rightwards shift.
ByThe combative presenter reflects on Cristiano Ronaldo, cancel culture and the “infinite patience” of Rupert Murdoch.
ByJohn Witherow has stepped down as editor of the Times. The succession pits an “old-school news hound” against an approachable,…
ByIf the media mogul wants to salvage his reputation, why not set up a trust to preserve his newspapers?
ByThe UK could be on course for two Fox News-style channels.
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