This article first appeared in Mediaite. The sustained credibility afforded to New York Magazine‘s Gabriel Sherman is one of the industry’s great mysteries. Not since Eddie Mush in A Bronx Tale has one person been so consistently wrong so often.
Fortune Magazine interviews Rupert Murdoch about a column from Gabriel Sherman alleging that he has taken on a more active role at Fox News to compensate for a more “absent” Roger Ailes.
For the past two decades, Rupert Murdoch allowed Fox News chief Roger Ailes to occupy one of the most unique — and powerful — perches in American politics and media: running a right-wing political operation under the guise of a 24-hour news network. As long as the profits rolled in, Murdoch virtually never meddled in Ailes’s world — even when his own family protested. “He lets me run it, he doesn’t bother me much,” Ailesboasted of Murdoch as recently as April 2015. But that laissez-faire era seems to be over.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper the Sun is to take down its online paywall, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid failed to win enough readers in the latest troubled digital experiment for a traditional publisher. The scrapping of the online
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” long-time Clinton ally James Carville said the House Benghazi Select Committee chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is a conspiracy to attack Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton by New Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch and political activists the Koch
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that Rupert Murdoch is “not a racist by any stretch of the imagination” and that the controversy over his tweet about the president is “much to do about nothing” on Thursday’s “Wolf” on
As Dr. Ben Carson continues his rise in the 2016 Republican presidential polls, media mogul Rupert Murdoch tweeted favorably about him: “Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.”
The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield teed off on corrupt Hollywood culture, Donald Trump, and the pitfalls of fame in a bizarre interview with Vulture this week.
2016 GOP frontrunner and billionaire Donald Trump already won his war with the Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly.
While immigration has become perhaps the dominant issue of the 2016 election, in last night’s debate Fox News’ moderators asked surprisingly few questions on the subject.
Two of the largest media companies in the country, News Corp. and 21st Century Fox, announced that they have signed onto a “non-binding” letter of intent to rebuild at 2 World Trade Center.
Ed Miliband quite normal, shock. No, it’s not a story I want to read either. Like anyone even half way sane, I’m quite convinced that a government of which an unreconstructed Hampstead socialist like Miliband was leader would be an
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evgina released an online video attacking Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., and Warner Brothers for putting him “through a living hell of Biblical proportion.”
When Jeb Bush pushed for comprehensive amnesty legislation at a December Wall Street Journal event, Rupert Murdoch reportedly confided to Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama’s senior adviser, that Bush had “said all the right things” on the issue. Murdoch, the
As Mitt Romney ponders a third presidential run, Rupert Murdoch slammed him on Tuesday for lacking a “big vision” for the country in 2012. “Let’s be clear. Know and like Mitt Romney as a very nice person,” the Chairman of
On Wednesday, Rupert Murdoch reportedly praised Jeb Bush and slammed Mitt Romney and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when asked about potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates. At the Manhattan Institute, Murdoch, the News Corp/Fox Chair, reportedly said he does not have
Rupert Murdoch is a media mogul, not a politician, but he owns Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, so he is plenty familiar with politics—and he is no stranger to battles with The New York Times. And yet unlike most politicians, Murdoch has always had a reputation for candor. And Twitter, of course, makes candor even easier; we are all just a tweet away from letting loose what we really think.
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart became the latest celebrity to climb aboard the anti-Rupert Murdoch bandwagon Monday night by referring to the media magnate as “his excellency from the republic of Media Conglomistad.”
J.K. Rowling, the author of the world-famous Harry Potter book series, took to Twitter Sunday morning to condemn media mogul Rupert Murdoch for saying that Muslims should hold themselves accountable for Islamic terrorism.
Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers, is set to donate £300,000 to UKIP before next year’s General Election. Sky News reports that Mr Desmond pledged to give the money to Nigel Farage’s party in a move that will bolster UKIP’s
Outside Westminster very few functionaries acquire genuine fame, and it might be hard for the public to understand the excitement created by the announcement that Paul “Gobby” Lambert is joining UKIP. Gobby is a well liked figure in the Westminster
Twenty-five convictions secured through evidence given by British reporter Mazher Mahmood — nicknamed the Fake Sheikh — will be reviewed due to doubts over his reliability as a witness, prosecutors said Thursday. Infamous for often reporting undercover posing as a
21st Century Fox CEO and international media magnate Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter Saturday to defend his studio’s casting choices for the upcoming biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings, after critics chastised its Caucasian line-up. 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary
NEW YORK (AP) — Britain’s Stephen Dillane and the Netherlands’ Bianca Krijgsman won the top acting prizes Monday night at the 42nd International Emmy Awards in which the honors were spread among eight countries. The highlight of the awards gala
Will Mitt Romney run for president? Not according to Ann Romney. “Done,” she said to Los Angeles Times reporter Maeve Reston. “Completely. Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done,” she said. “Done. Done. Done.” A
Elisabeth, daughter of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and PR man Matthew Freud, central figures of the elite ‘Chipping Norton set’ which has included key members of the cosy upper reaches of centre-right politics and media are believed to be in
Speaking at the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver on July 3rd, Colorado Education Association (CEA) President Kerrie Dallman referred to the school district of Jefferson County (JeffCo) – where teachers have staged
LONDON (Reuters) – British newspaper group Trinity Mirror said its subsidiary MGN had admitted liability to four individuals who had sued the company for phone hacking, and would pay them compensation. Britain’s newspaper industry was rocked in 2011 by the
On Thursday’s broadcast of “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel, 21st Century Fox chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch weighed in on the pending Scotland independence vote. According to Murdoch, should Scotland split from the United Kingdom,
“Once talented, now safe to ignore.” Such was the damning verdict delivered against Piers Morgan by media mogul and Twitter legend Rupert Murdoch yesterday morning. Morgan is clearly feeling unloved since his show Piers Morgan Live was axed by CNN
Rupert Murdoch’s Scottish Sun newspaper could be on the brink of declaring its support for a ‘Yes’ vote in the Scottish independence referendum, a move that would be a major boost for First Minister Alex Salmond as polls become increasingly
“Scottish independence means [a] huge black eye for [the] whole political establishment, especially Cameron and Miliband” tweeted Rupert Murdoch this weekend, clearly enjoying baiting both his perennial detractors on the left and the British Conservative leadership he has come to
Conservatives working to reclaim a rudderless GOP should contemplate forming a third party, Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), said in an exclusive interview following a U.S. tour during which he met with top officials
NEW YORK, United States – Breitbart London can exclusively reveal that UKIP leader Nigel Farage and News Corp Chief Rupert Murdoch met in private this week, following hotly on the heels of Douglas Carswell MP’s defection away from the Conservative
George Clooney has signed on to direct a new film that highlights the Rupert Murdoch media scandal, which involved the habitual voicemail hacking of politicians and other high-profile figures by one of the worlds largest media organizations–News Corp. The movie
In a terrific column at Real Clear Politics, pollster Scott Rasmussen highlights what he calls the “gap between the nation’s political elites and the rest of the nation” when it comes to desiring control over others. At the New York
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder of Twitter and chief executive of payments startup Square, is tweeting, Vining and marching in Ferguson this week, where a young black man was shot by a police officer, sparking riots, looting and protests. It’s
Rupert Murdoch weighed in on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, suggesting that the root of the problem is lack of employment and infrastructure and, in absence of a fix, “more Fergusons” lie ahead: US has historic high in people out
Britain’s ironically named ‘Stop the War’ coalition has effectively come out in defence of Hamas following a newspaper advert which highlighted the terrorist group’s human rights abuses. The advert by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel was scheduled to feature in today’s
I was involved in a very minor spat on Twitter last week. On the day Forest and the Hands Off Our Packs campaign delivered 53,000 letters to Downing Street opposing plain packaging of tobacco, journalist Pat Long tweeted: Corporate stooges
