Rupert Murdoch is the CEO and Chairman of News Corporation, which owns in whole or in part, an unbelievable amount of assets in the film, television, news and publishing world. Murdoch is a Mogul and then some. His personal politics are widely considered to be right-of-center, but how interesting that the man who saved America with Fox News is also pushing for a sequel to the most rabidly anti-American, anti-military movie to come out of Hollywood in, well, months:
Asked about potential “Avatar” sequels, chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said on his quarterly earnings call Tuesday that the conglomerate is in “very early talks about it.” Director James Cameron “has ideas” for a sequel, he said, adding: “We will be pushing for one.”
You know what that makes Murdoch in my mind?
My kind of mogul.
If only every entertainment mogul was as profit-driven as Rupert Murdoch.
If only every Hollywood executive with the power to greenlight a television series, film or novel was as supportive of projects that didn’t fit his or her worldview.
What a testament to Murdoch’s belief in the free market, artistic freedom and letting the best ideas win that he can help to nurture Fox News into a real powerhouse and then turn around and risk a half-billion dollars on Cameron’s hippie-screed.
Pop-culture frequently demonizes Murdoch as some kind of Machiavellian nemesis to freedom. But if every entertainment mogul was as tolerant of differing points of view and unafraid of opposing ideas as Rupert Murdoch, I’d have to find another way to make a living.
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