02461cam a2200349 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000290009502000310012404000230015504200080017805000240018608200190021008400450022910000230027424500780029724600340037525000190040926400390042830000290046733600210049633700250051733800230054250400670056552012830063260000280191565000380194365000750198165000550205611674820230410130418.0130429s2013    nyu      b    001 0beng    a17717086  a  2013014186  a9781610390897 (hardback)  z9781610390903 (electronic)  aDLCbengcDLCerda  apcc14aP92.5.M87bF65 201300a070/.92aB223  aBUS070060aBIO025000aLAN0080002bisacsh1 aFolkenflik, David.10aMurdoch's world :bthe last of the old media empires /cDavid Folkenflik.30aLast of the old media empires  aFirst Edition. 1aNew York :bPublicAffairs,c[2013]  aviii, 373 pages ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-356) and index.  a"NPR's media correspondent delves into the most influential media company in the world, News Corporation, showing how Murdoch survived the corruption scandal that nearly tore it apart  In July 2012, testifying before a British parliamentary inquiry about the News of the World telephone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch experienced what he called "the most humble day of my life." Murdoch seemed certain to lose control of the monolithic news company he had built from a single Australian daily. The drama was all the more remarkable because of his unrivaled political and cultural influence worldwide, through Britain's take-no-prisoners tabloids, the top-rated Fox News Channel, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal.  Within months, Murdoch, bloodied but not bowed, reasserted his hold by splitting News Corp into two companies. The summer's stories of the jockeying among Murdoch's children and corporate lieutenants to succeed him were silenced; what promised to be the second half of King Lear never unfolded. News Corp marched on, its king aging but firmly on the throne. In Murdoch's World, David Folkenflik tells the story of how News Corp survived this tumultuous chapter, and of the man who makes the news, literally: Rupert Murdoch"--cProvided by publisher.10aMurdoch, Rupert,d1931- 0aMass mediazAustraliavBiography. 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers.2bisacsh 7aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism.2bisacsh