On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:38:02 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:
>Alan S wrote:
>>
>> Have you ever seen citizen Kane?
>> Do a little googling on Rupert Murdock. Used to be one of my
>> mob. Then look at what he owns. And what he owns owns -
>> worldwide.
>
>Are Rupert Murdoch and Rudolph Hearst the same person?
>>
>>
>> Then ask yourself who has a greater effect on world opinion
>> - Bush, Blair, or Murdock?
>>
>Or Hearst?
Hi Dave
AFAIK, Welles' "rosebud" Hearst is long gone. I'm afraid I'm
not aware of Rudolph Hearst - is he the heir? I agree that
Hearst is also a major player, you can compare here:
http://www.ketupa.net/hearst1.htm
Rupert is very much alive and in control. I wrote this
recently elsewhere, so excuse me if I get lazy and copy
myself:-) And I don't have any particular obsession - it
just intrigues me with all of the talk about US and world
politics here and in the media that his name appears so
rarely. Think about that, and wonder why. You'll find he's a
regular guest with the President - regardless of who happens
to be in the Oval Office.
Rupert Murdock makes J Randolph Hearst look amateurish in
his control of the media around the world. Sometimes I
suspect that he saw Citizen Kane as a training film. No
single person has more ability and opportunity to influence
western world opinion. I don't say whether that is good or
bad, form your own opinion - but the public should be more
aware of it.
Start with a browse through Wilkipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation , then check
their sources such as http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch.htm or
just go to the company's web-pages at
http://www.newscorp.com/index2.html .
Below are just a small part of his US, Asian and Europe
interests, not including Australia:
* UK newspapers, published by News International Ltd.
o News Group Newspapers Ltd.
+ the tabloid The Sun
+ the tabloid News of the World
o Times Newspapers Ltd.
+ the broadsheet The Sunday Times
+ the 'ex-broadsheet' (Now in compact form)
The Times
+ the broadsheet The Times Educational
Supplement
+ the broadsheet The Times Literary
Supplement
* US newspapers and magazines
o the tabloid New York Post
TV
Broadcast
* Fox Broadcasting Company a US-wide broadcast
television network
* Fox Television Stations Group
Satellite television
* BSkyB, United Kingdom (36.8% holding).
* DirecTV Group, North and South America (33.9% holding)
o DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider
o DirectTV Latin America
o Hughes Network Systems
+ DirecWay, satellite Internet service provider
* Sky Italia, Italian satellite TV service
* Star TV, an Asian satellite TV service
* Sky Latin America Brazil and Mexico counterpart to
DirecTV Latin America
Cable
* Fox Movie Channel, an all-movie channel that airs
commercial-free movies from 20th Century Fox film library
* Fox News Channel, a 24-hour news channel
* Fox Sports Net, a chain of US regional cable
television networks broadcasting local sporting events
linked together by national sports news programming. Local
channels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Bay
Area", etc.
* Fox Soccer Channel, a United States digital cable
network specializing mainly in soccer.
* Fox Sports en Español, a Spanish-language North
American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored
to appeal to a Latin American audience.
* Fox Sports en Latinoamérica, a Mexico-based Latin
American satellite and cable sports network.
* FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of
programming previously shown on other channels, but recently
creating its own programming, including the Emmy
Award-winning program The Shield.
* National Geographic Channel
* SPEED Channel
Internet
* MySpace - Social networking website
* IGN Entertainment - Internet entertainment portal
Cheers, Alan, Australia
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper.
Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same
half.
Gore Vidal
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