Keith Rupert Murdoch
born 11 March, 1931
in Melbourne Victoria
His legendary story in Business and Media world can be a milestone of all . Here is the remarkable steps of him :
Rupert Murdoch returned from Oxford to become managing director of News Limited in 1953
began publishing Australia's first and most successful weekly television magazine, TV Week,In 1956
launched The Australian, Australia's first national daily newspaper , later in 1964
Murdoch expanded into Britain in 1968
The Sun entered the market in 1969
Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the San Antonio Express-News.
purchased the New York Post in 1976
Murdoch acquired The Times (and The Sunday Times)in 1981
Murdoch became a naturalized citizen in order to satisfy the legal requirement that only US citizens were permitted to own American television stations ,On September 4, 1985
Murdoch introduced electronic production processes to his newspapers in Australia, Britain and the United States. In 1986
Creating Sky Television in 1989
Murdoch acquired Star TV, a Hong Kong company founded by Richard Li (son of Li Ka-shing) for $1 billion ,In 1993
Murdoch launched the Fox News Channel to compete against Turner's CNN, In 1996
News Corp. bought Intermix Media Inc., which held MySpace.com and other popular social networking-themed websites for $580 million USD,On July 20, 2005
Murdoch made a $5 billion offer to purchase Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal,In May 2007
According to the 2008 Forbes 400, Murdoch is the 109th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $8.3 billion.
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