Rupert Murdoch runs the News Corp. empire, which includes Fox News, the New York Post, and a slew of influential news entities in Europe and Australia. After its split in 2013, its two […] The New York Times recently published a lengthy article on the Rupert Murdoch media dynasty of news and entertainment companies and politics.

He inherited Australia’s News Limited from his father back in 1952 and then went on to establish the News Corporation, which is a global media holding company and world’s second largest media conglomerate. The Murdoch family is absolutely central — without their support, and particularly Rupert Murdoch’s support, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson would be off the air. The Murdoch Family Is 21st-Century Toxic. Keith Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American media mogul, born on 11th March 1931 in Melbourne, Australia.

How Murdoch Family Politics Shape The Fox News Dystopia.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch got his start in a chain of Australian newspapers. It is not the politics that drew my attention, but the predictable family in-fighting and vying for control in which two of the six Murdoch … ... Rupert Murdoch has built his media conglomerate in order to enhance his political power for the sole benefit of himself and his children. But few consumers realize today how expansive his empire has become. While Rupert remains the most powerful shareholder, his six children own significant stakes through a family trust he created; in all, the Murdoch Family Trust … The authors paint a picture of a profoundly dysfunctional family, with his four grown children at constant war over how to run his media empire. Rupert Murdoch's name is one synonymous with media, but it took decades to build his sprawling empire.