Is Rupert Murdock the greatest capitalist ever?

The Rupert Murdoch machine (AKA News Corp.)...



Film



Twentieth Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Espa?ol

Twentieth Century Fox International

Twentieth Century Fox Television

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Fox Studios Australia

Fox Studios Baja

Fox Studios Los Angeles

Fox Television Studios



Television

Broadcast/Production assets

20th Century Fox Television

20th Television

bTV

Foxtel

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox International Channels Italy

Fox Kids (1990-2002)

Fox Sports Australia

Fox Telecolombia

Fox Television Stations

Fox Television Studios

Imedi TV

Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija

MyNetworkTV

STAR TV

TV5 Rīga



Cable Assets

Big Ten Network (49%)

Fox Business Network

Fox College Sports

Fox Movie Channel

Fox News Channel

Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Sports Enterprises

Fox Sports en Espa?ol

Fox Sports Net

FUEL TV

FX Networks

Fox Reality

National Geographic Channel (50%)

National Geographic Channel UK (50%)

Speed Channel

SportSouth

LAPTV (Latin America — co-owned with Paramount Pictures/Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MGM Holdings and Universal Studios/NBC Universal)

Telecine (Brazil — co-owned with Globosat Canais, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and DreamWorks);

Direct broadcast satellite Assets

BSkyB (39.1%)

Sky Deutschland (39.96%)

SKY Italia

SKY Network Television (43.65%)

Tata Sky (20%)



Internet

Fox Interactive Media

AmericanIdol.com

AskMen.com

Fox.com

Foxsports.com

GameSpy

Hulu.com

kSolo

IGN

Drownedinsound.com

MySpace

MyNetworktv.com

NewRoo.com

Strategicdatacorp.com

Photobucket.com

Rotten Tomatoes

Scout.com

SpringWidgets

WhatIfSports



Beliefnet

News Digital Media

Slingshot Labs



Magazines and Inserts

InsideOut

donna hay

News America Marketing

SmartSource



Newspapers and Information Services

United Kingdom

News International

The Sun

News of the World

The Times

Sunday Times

thelondonpaper (a free newspaper)



Australasia

News Limited

The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)

The Australian (national)

The Weekend Australian (national)

The Advertiser (Adelaide)

Sunday Mail (Adelaide)

The Sunday Times (Perth)

Herald Sun (Melbourne)

Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne)

mX (Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane)

The Courier-Mail (Brisbane)

The Cairns Post (Cairns, Queensland)

Geelong Advertiser

Gold Coast Bulletin

The Mercury and Sunday Tasmanian (Hobart)

Northern Territory News (Darwin)

The Sunday Territorian (Darwin)

Australian Associated Press (45%)



New Zealand

Sunday Star-Times Why does this link claim Sunday Star-Times is a Fairfax-owned paper?



Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier



Fiji

The Fiji Times



United States

New York Post

Community Newspaper Group

The Brooklyn Paper

Courier-Life Publications

TimesLedger Newspapers

Bronx Times Reporter Inc.



International

Dow Jones %26amp; Company

Consumer Media Group

The Wall Street Journal - the leading US financial newspaper.

Wall Street Journal Europe

Wall Street Journal Asia

Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.

Marketwatch - Financial news and information website.

Far Eastern Economic Review

Financial News

Enterprise Media Group

Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider.

Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.

Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Dow Jones Financial Information Services — produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors.

Betten Financial News — leading Dutch language financial and economic news service.



Local Media Group

Dow Jones Local Media Group (formerly Ottaway Community Newspapers) - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers.

Strategic Alliances



STOXX (33%) - joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices.

Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media).

SmartMoney (50%)

FiLife.com (50%)



Books

HarperCollins

HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with India Today Group

Zondervan Publishing

Youth Specialties — organisation helping youth workers worldwide through training seminars and conventions, resources and the internet.

Inspirio — religious gift production.

US TV outlets (Direct Ownership in Bold)



Alabama

Birmingham - WBRC-TV 6

Huntsville - WZDX 54

Mobile - WALA-TV 10

Montgomery - WCOV-TV 20

Ozark (Dothan) - WDFX-TV 34



Alaska

Anchorage - KTBY 4

Fairbanks - KFXF 7



Arizona

Phoenix - KSAZ-TV 10

Tucson - KMSB-TV 11



Arkansas

Fort Smith - KFTA-TV 24

Little Rock - KLRT-TV 16



California

Bakersfield - KBFX-CA 58

El Centro - KECY-TV 9

Eureka - KBVU 29

Indio (Palm Springs) - KDFX-CA 33

Los Angeles - KTTV 11

MonIs Rupert Murdock the greatest capitalist ever?
Yes, he controls all media.Is Rupert Murdock the greatest capitalist ever?
not sure....but directly or indirectly he is a part of our lives - ie he influences the way we think and what we see. We can't kick him out. He'll come back.Is Rupert Murdock the greatest capitalist ever?
I think only time will tell. For now, i'd say no. The greatest capitalists of all time have generally been those people that amassed incredible wealth during the industrial revolution -- transportation, publication, raw materials, etc. Barons, really. Those are fortunes that still thrive today even after 3 to 4 generations. Those a true kings, especially when considering the state of affairs of our nation when they were able to amass that kind of wealth. Really, really staggering.