K. Rupert Murdoch
Gender: Male
Born: 1931
Age in 2012: 81
Address: Lives and/or works in New York, NY
Wealth class: Billionaire
Areas of interest:
business
, media
, broadcast industry
, telecommunications
Personal social network: Much of Murdoch's Muckety comes from personal connections. He has direct links to two Fortune 1000 companies.
Financial information:
As an officer, director and/or owner of publicly traded securities, K. Rupert Murdoch has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. >> See filings
Muckety news stories featuring K. Rupert Murdoch
We couldn't help but notice the similarities between Jon Corzine's prepared statement to the House Agriculture Committee and Rupert Murdoch's testimony to a Parliamentary committee in July.
December 8, 2011
You have to wonder why anyone would want to join the News Corp. board.
October 30, 2011
Other than wealth and power, what do Jamie Dimon, Rupert Murdoch, Howard Milstein, John Paulson and David Koch have in common?
October 11, 2011
The timing might have been better.
August 17, 2011
Here's hoping that everyone has a Fourth of July at least half as happy as the one Owen Van Natta must be having.
July 4, 2011
Rupert Murdoch and other billionaires who've been named papal knights.
February 24, 2011
The man who owns the News is taking a role in American gubernatorial politics.
August 17, 2010
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has agreed in principle to pay $580 million for Newsday in a deal with the Chicago-based Tribune Co. that would reshape the New York City tabloid world.
April 22, 2008
A fourth suitor may join the bidding war over Newsday, the suburban tabloid put on the auction block by the financially-beleaguered Tribune Company.
April 2, 2008
K. Rupert Murdoch personal relations:
Wendi Deng - spouse
Matthew Freud - son-in-law
Alasdair MacLeod - son-in-law
Prudence MacLeod - daughter
Chloe Murdoch - daughter
Elisabeth Murdoch - daughter
Grace Murdoch - daughter
James R. Murdoch - son
Keith Murdoch (deceased) - son
Lachlan K. Murdoch - son
Keith Olbermann - critic
Michael S. Smith - home decorator
Robert J. Thomson - godfather to 2 sons
Other current K. Rupert Murdoch relationships:
834 Fifth Avenue, New York - penthouse owner
Brooklyn Paper - acquirer
BSkyB - director
China Netcom Group Corporation - director
Clinton Global Initiative - member
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. - chairman
Gemstar-TV Guide - director
News Corp. - chairman & CEO
News International Limited - director
News Limited - director
papal knighthood - knight
Partnership for New York City - director
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation - trustee
Rubenstein Associates Inc. - client
The Man Who Owns the News - biography
Weill Cornell Medical College - overseer
K. Rupert Murdoch past relationships:
2011 NOTW hearings (UK) - witness
Adelaide News - inherited
Associated Press - director
DIRECTV Group Inc. - director
Bert Fields - client
Anna Murdoch Mann - spouse
Newsday - potential bidder
STAR - founder
Harvey Weinstein - attended 12/07 wedding
World Economic Forum 2008 - attendee
World Economic Forum 2009 - attendee
Five degrees of Kevin:
We can connect K. Rupert Murdoch with Kevin Bacon in four steps:
K. Rupert Murdoch → Bert Fields →
Dustin Hoffman → Sleepers →
K. Rupert Murdoch → Bert Fields →
Dustin Hoffman → Sleepers →
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Indirect links:
K. Rupert Murdoch has multiple indirect connections to the following people:Extended reach:
Among the most influential people in K. Rupert Murdoch's web of second-degree relationships:TIP: You can search for once-removed connections between two people by entering both their names, separated by AND.
Additional Muckety map information sources:
New York Observer
; New York Times
; New Yorker
; People
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K. Rupert Murdoch campaign contributions:
Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.
National Republican Congressional Committee - $10,000 on 8/10/2011
Bluegrass Committee - $5,000 on 9/30/2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee - $10,000 on 5/11/2009
Congressional Trust 2010 - $5,000 on 10/5/2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee - $10,000 on 9/29/2010
Fox PAC - $5,000 on 11/29/2007
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