James Murdoch has suffered an investor rebellion at Tesla after coming under pressure over pay for his board role at Elon Musk’s electric carmaker.
One-hundred and fifty of the mogul’s dearest friends gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday,but a key person appears to have skipped the bash.
News Corp outlets will from mid-October begin a company-wide campaign in Australia promoting the benefits of a carbon-neutral economy,marking a major shift in the organisation’s view on the subject.
The investment company backed by the 48-year-old son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and a former Walt Disney executive is looking at targets in the media,entertainment,technology,health care and education industries.
News Corporation may try and acquire more businesses once it raises $US750 million debt.
The Murdoch empire is betting big on the US wagering gold rush and has cast its eyes to Australia,where our biggest bookmaker is in play.
Rupert Murdoch turned 90 last week,and it would be fitting if his last corporate manoeuvre involved a punt on the betting industry itself.
The expat billionaire media mogul celebrates his birthday on Thursday.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd used an appearance at a Senate inquiry to compare Facebook’s news ban to the dominance of News Corp in the print media market.
Rupert Murdoch took issue with the silencing of debate on social media,saying censorship had hobbled discourse with “awful woke orthodoxy”.
"Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years,"he said.