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Rupert Murdoch
Google boggles minds as it says quantum chip ‘lends credence’ to the existence of a multiverse
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Rupert Murdoch loses attempt to overhaul family trust in bitter legal dispute
Media mogul’s attempt to put control of his news empire in son Lachlan’s hands is rejected by Nevada court
Rupert Murdoch succession saga completes stage one of its Reno era
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Rightmove turns down €6.6bn takeover bid from Murdoch’s REA
REA had until end of September to make firm offer
Murdoch’s REA mulls bid for $5bn UK housing site Rightmove
Rightmove has maintained steady revenue growth in recent years
Ryan Tubridy’s UK radio show pulls in more than half a million listeners
Presenter welcomes 10% audience climb in his second quarter on Virgin Radio UK, as he surpasses his peak RTÉ listenership
Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed
Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again
What I Read This Week: More Murdoch bombshells and an Irish cinema trailblazer
Laura Slattery on the stories that caught her eye from the Strictly Come Dancing scandal to shorts in the office
Rupert Murdoch in secret battle with three of his children over future of media empire
Tycoon made a surprise move to change the terms of the Murdochs’ irrevocable family trust
From kingmaker to spectator: how Rupert Murdoch was consigned to the sidelines at Trump convention
The 93-year-old media mogul’s influence has been tested in elections on three continents
Washington Post’s own coverage of incoming editor prompts change of plan
Personnel drama at revered US newspaper has been playing out on its own pages for weeks
‘People are not reading your stuff’ is the worst thing you can say to journalists
From plans to introduce a ‘third newsroom’ to its chief executive’s blunt language at a staff ‘town hall’ meeting, the latest moves by the Washington Post are less than inspiring
Lies, damned lies and photobombs as Sunak’s week falls apart
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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries for the fifth time
Former News Corp chairman (93) weds retired marine biologist Elena Zhukova (67) in California
Laura Slattery: Ladybird’s The Story of Newspapers has dated surprisingly well
Newsroom pipe-smoking and the ubiquity of print aside, there is plenty to recognise in this 1969 children’s guide to the industry
Rupert Murdoch is the last of the great hopeless romantics, or is that just money talking?
The Australian mogul might be one of the most ruthless operators in the media but despite four divorces, he refuses to be jaded about love
Rupert Murdoch gets engaged to retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova
Sixth engagement for media mogul (92) comes five months after he announced he was stepping down from his media empire
Planet Business: A $1 billion mega-tour and other numbers of the year
From flight cancellation misery and forfeited pay to corporation tax hauls and obesity drug bonanzas, everything in 2023 had either a value or a cost
Sunday Times appoints Kieran McDaid as Ireland editor
Editor of the Irish Sun succeeds Nóirín Hegarty at the helm of the broadsheet
No issue with Ryan Tubridy’s London radio show airing on local Irish stations, says ‘satisfied’ regulator
Coimisiún na Meán says move by Dublin’s Q102 to simulcast presenter’s Virgin Radio UK show will not undermine media plurality
Tubridy has landed a new job in the UK but why has Virgin Radio given him one?
Former RTÉ presenter’s scandal-rocked rollercoaster year leaves him ‘desperately excited’ to be at Rupert Murdoch owned station
Washington Post names Will Lewis as new chief executive and publisher
Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet
Apple’s Tim Cook drops in on China while Xi hangs out with ‘dear friend’ Putin
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Laurence Fox’s misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton’s GB News show comes straight from the Murdoch playbook
Hugh Linehan: The channel suspended both hosts after Fox’s remarks about Ava Evans. But it owes its existence to such Fox News-style attacks
This column is not what the mainstream media want you to hear
If Russell Brand says he’s the victim of a conspiracy theory and Rupert Murdoch insists he’s rebel outsider, so-called ‘mainstream media’ must be the true counterculture
Murdoch’s Irish business operations a shadow of their former selves
Veteran media mogul’s step back may lead to reduced interest in News Corp’s newspaper titles, says former editor of Irish edition of the Sunday Times
Lachlan’s accession won’t put an end to Rupert Murdoch’s family strife
The way outgoing patriarch has structured ownership of his assets means the story is not yet over
Inside Irish radio: how an upbeat market is vying to stay cheery
Amid ‘cracking opportunities’ and post-pandemic resilience, stations are optimistic they can keep listeners in the age of the smart speaker
After the wildfires, the next threat to the people of Lahaina: predatory real estate agents
Planet Business: Rupert Murdoch’s new date, Russia’s rouble woes and the commercial winners of the Fifa Women’s World Cup
‘Remarkable’ AI opportunity whets News Corp’s appetite for elusive holy grail — a lucrative new revenue stream
Rupert Murdoch’s media empire anticipates both new revenue streams and an ability to cut costs
End of a once beautiful friendship for Sky and the Oscars
Disney made the Comcast-owned broadcaster an offer it found it could refuse
It pays to count a CEO’s successes, not the candles on their cake
The longer the boss stays on, the more important it is to ask whether they are still the best person for the job
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Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthless
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