Rupert Murdoch is an Australian born American media mogul who has grown the News Corp company into a giant multi-national media corporation from a small Australian newspaper business inherited from his father. Murdoch has interests in various forms of media all over the world and continues to be active in the businesses in his senior years. Best selling books published by or about Rupert Murdoch include “The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch“, “The Murdoch Method: Observations on Rupert Murdoch’s Management of a Media Empire“, and “Good Times, Bad Times: The Explosive Inside Story of Rupert Murdoch“.
Mini Rupert Murdoch biography: Born Keith Rupert Murdoch in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the 11th of March, 1931. Born to parents Sir Keith Murdoch (father) and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, nee Greene (mother). Murdoch has been married four times: First wife Patricia Booker, second wife Anna Murdoch Mann, third wife Wendi Deng, fourth and current wife Jerry Hall. Rupert Murdoch has six children: Prudence Murdoch with 1st wife, Elisabeth Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and James Murdoch with his 2nd wife, Grace and Chloe with his 3rd wife.
Business Quotes by Rupert Murdoch
I’m a catalyst for change … You can’t be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place. Rupert Murdoch
You’ve got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers. Rupert Murdoch
Climate change and energy use are global problems. News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world. Rupert Murdoch
The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. Rupert Murdoch
We’re starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we’re doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that’s unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience’s carbon footprint is 10,000 times bigger than ours. That’s the carbon footprint we want to conquer. Rupert Murdoch
Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive. Rupert Murdoch
I think we’ve been an agent for change, everywhere, and I think change frightens people. They’re going nicely in what seems like a settled industry, and someone comes in and says: “I can do this better. It doesn’t matter how nice that other one is.” That’s one of the distinguishing points of our acquisitions. Rupert Murdoch
News.. communicating news and ideas, I guess.. is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers to read and alternative television channels. Rupert Murdoch
All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet. Rupert Murdoch
The Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime and for hundreds of years. Someone the other day said, “It’s the biggest thing since Gutenberg,” and then someone else said “No, it’s the biggest thing since the invention of writing.” Rupert Murdoch
We’re not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting television signals, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It all adds carbon to the atmosphere. Rupert Murdoch
Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of inaction. Rupert Murdoch
While we reduce our own carbon footprint we will encourage the companies who truck our DVDs and newspapers, sell us paper, and provide an enormous range of products and services.. to all contribute. Rupert Murdoch
There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there’s just millions of voices and people want to be heard. Rupert Murdoch
The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me. Rupert Murdoch
Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as well as for other big media companies with huge resources in sports, entertainment and news. There’s just more opportunity. Rupert Murdoch
We need to push ourselves to make as many reductions as possible in our own energy use first.. and that takes time. But we must do this quickly.. the climate will not wait for us. Rupert Murdoch
Some of our businesses use more energy than others, but our strategy everywhere is the same.. first, reduce our use of energy as much as possible. Then, switch to renewable sources of power where it makes economic sense. And, over time, as a last resort, offset the emissions we can’t avoid. Rupert Murdoch
As with all politically lead governments, foreign investment is the slowest in the media section. Politicians are somewhat paranoid about the media but we still think it’s worthwhile. Rupert Murdoch
We could make a difference just by holding our emissions steady as our businesses continue to grow. But that doesn’t seem to be enough: we want to go all the way to zero. Today, I am announcing our intention to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses, by 2010. Rupert Murdoch
I have to admit that, until recently, I was somewhat wary of the (global) warming debate. I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue. Rupert Murdoch
Imagine if we succeed in inspiring our audiences to reduce their own impacts on climate change by just one percent. That would be like turning the State of California off for almost two months. Rupert Murdoch
News Corporation, today, reaches people at home and at work… when they’re thinking… when they’re laughing… and when they are making choices that have enormous impact. The unique potential.. and duty.. of a media company are to help its audiences connect to the issues that define our time. Rupert Murdoch
Becoming carbon neutral is only the beginning. The climate problem will not be solved by one company reducing its emissions to zero, and it won’t be solved by one government acting alone. The climate problem will not be solved without mass participation by the general public in countries around the globe. Rupert Murdoch
You can’t build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own. Rupert Murdoch
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