The expat billionaire media mogul celebrates his birthday on Thursday.
The ABC has bought itself a total dud but that probably won't stop the many critics of News Corp and Murdoch from lapping it up.
The national broadcaster looks set to clinch a deal securing the Australian broadcasting rights to the widely praised The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty.
The media billionaire has been spotted smooching in the swell in Barbados with his fourth wife,Jerry Hall.
The President and Rupert Murdoch speak weekly,but the new Fox Corp chief Lachlan Murdoch has a different relationship with the White House.