Rupert Murdoch | Adweek
Advertisement

Topic: Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch's Divorce Will Not Affect News Corp. Split Wendi Deng's daughters with the mogul will have economic, but not voting, stakes

Rupert Murdoch has reportedly filed for divorce from Wendi Deng, his wife of 14 years. A spokesperson for News Corp. confirmed the story in a tweet. The announcement was made for…

June 13, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT

Mike Darnell Steps Down as Fox Reality Capo American Idol boss passes on contract renewal

Nearly 20 years into a stint that saw him steer an unscripted slate that included the likes of When Animals Attack! and American Idol, Fox president of alternative entertainment Mike…

May 24, 2013, 10:48 PM EDT

Malone’s Liberty Media Snaps Up Charter Stake Cable pioneer formerly known as “Darth Vader” locks in $2.6 billion deal

The cable pioneer who Al Gore once referred to as “Darth Vader” has fired up the tractor beam, as John Malone’s Liberty Media has snared a significant stake in Charter…

March 19, 2013, 2:03 PM EDT

Liberty Takeover of Virgin Media U.K. Again Pits Malone Against Murdoch U.K. media expect a wave of marketing from Virgin to catch up to Sky

London ad sources expect a European marketing onslaught from a combined Liberty Global-Virgin Media company after Liberty founder John Malone announced the cable giant’s $16 billion agreed takeover of the…

February 6, 2013, 2:52 PM EST

'New' News Corp. Fills Executive Ranks London-based execs named chief strategy officer and chief creative officer

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is organizing ranks at its proposed separate publishing arm, which it's currently calling the "New News Corporation." Anoushka Healy, the group managing editor of News Corp.'s London…

February 1, 2013, 11:08 AM EST

The Daily's Woes Proves Content, Not Platform Is King Publication was boxed-in from Day 1 by its iPad-only positioning

The Daily will fire off its last electronic dispatches Dec. 15, bringing an end to a deeply flawed, but ultimately important experiment in digital journalism. When the News Corp.-owned publication announced…

December 3, 2012, 2:33 PM EST

High-Level Changes at News Corp. Execs shuffled; folds The Daily, its costly iPad experiment, after a year

Huge changes are afoot at News Corp. today as the scandal-wracked company prepares to split into two publicly traded parts. The media juggernaut announced that Robert Thomson, a long-serving lieutenant…

December 3, 2012, 9:46 AM EST

Roger Ailes Renews News Corp. Contract Fox News chairman and CEO will head multiple divisions for four more years

Roger Ailes has signed a new four-year contract to remain chairman and CEO of Fox News and chairman of Fox Television Stations. The positions oversee multiple Fox properties, including Fox…

October 19, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT

Investors Fail to Affect Leadership Structure at News Corp. Murdoch's role unchanged

The hacking scandal in the English press continues to dog News Corporation, at least in the minds of a few excitable reporters, who speculate that trouble will come to the media…

October 16, 2012, 3:18 PM EDT

Jonathan Miller to Leave News Corp. Digital chief's departure is latest in string of top-level shuffles

News Corp. chief digital officer Jonathan Miller is leaving his position at the end of next month and will work as an "outside advisor" to the company for about a…

August 23, 2012, 4:46 PM EDT

Advertisement