Person

Rupert Murdoch

Media owner; chairman and chief executive of News Corp in 2009.

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Fox Corporation 2023 Scholarship & press 2
Described by NPR as a controlling owner.
The Wall Street Journal Scholarship & press 3
NPR called it the Murdochs' Wall Street Journal.

Dominion v. Fox News gave testimony under oath Scholarship & press 2
Leveson Inquiry gave evidence on how he exercised editorial control Primary record 1
Trump's suit over the Journal's Epstein story defendant, with the Journal Scholarship & press 4

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An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press: Report, Volume I, The Leveson Inquiry (UK), 2012. Primary record
Mr Murdoch is both the Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corp3 which, as of 2009, is the world’s second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue
if any politician wanted my opinions on major matters, they only had to read the editorials in the Sun.
Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, NPR, 2023. Scholarship & press
For Fox and its controlling owners, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, it was worth the cost to pay for the spectacle to go away.
Fox founder Rupert Murdoch — who, under oath, called himself a newsman at heart —
Fox's Lachlan Murdoch offers investors no apologies after huge settlement, NPR, 2023. Scholarship & press
Fox host Neil Cavuto, bemused, cited the Murdochs' Wall Street Journal in announcing the figure
'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter, NPR, 2026. Scholarship & press
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law.

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