The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire
Автор книги: id книги: 1650579     Оценка: 0.0     Голосов: 0     Отзывы, комментарии: 0 747,54 руб.     (7,63$) Читать книгу Купить и скачать книгу Купить бумажную книгу Электронная книга Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары Правообладатель и/или издательство: Ingram Дата добавления в каталог КнигаЛит: ISBN: 9781857827439 Скачать фрагмент в формате   fb2   fb2.zip Возрастное ограничение: 0+ Оглавление Отрывок из книги

Реклама. ООО «ЛитРес», ИНН: 7719571260.

Описание книги

Rupert Murdoch – ruthless visionary, empire builder and business genius. He has created a global media network which has made him one of the most powerful and influential figures in the world. So potent was the force of his empire that he was even on first-name terms with presidents and prime ministers – superpowers were only a telephone call away. But just recently, rather than controlling the news, Murdoch has instead become the front-page story as the world had been gripped by the unfolding drama of the News International phone hacking scandal. Within days of achieving his final and most ambitious goal – outright ownership of the GBP1 billion-a-year profit-making BSkyB satellite television station – Murdoch was forced to concede as his prize looked set to disintegrate before his eyes. Always a winner in the past, the devastating events that overtook News Coporation with tsunami speed shocked the 80-year-old founder – particularly as the most hurtful arrows were fired from the very institution which he had carefully cultivated for so many years. Freelance journalist John Lisners tells the fascinating story of Murdoch's amazing rise and fall. His graphic account of the culture, the methods and the men who worked for Rupert Murdoch is as incisive as it is entertaining. He uncovers: * How Murdoch beat Robert Maxwell to the News of the World * Rupert Murdoch's role in the sacking of a Prime Minister * The bungled but lethal attempt to kidnap his wife * How the big News International expose stories were done.

Оглавление

John Lisners. The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

CAUGHT

THE MOST HUMBLE DAY OF MY LIFE

OPERATION WEETING

PARLIAMENT AND THE POLICE

SUMMONED TO PARLIAMENT

RICH MAN POOR MAN

‘AS BRITISH AS ROAST BEEF AND YORKSHIRE PUDDING’

FRONT PAGE

POLICE AND THE PRESS

PEERS AND PSYCHOPATHS

POLITICS AND POWER

FLEET STREET

MURDER, MAYHEM AND MADNESS

CRIME AND CRIMINALS

CARRY ON COPPER

PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED

EPILOGUE

Copyright

Отрывок из книги

Title Page

PROLOGUE

.....

At this juncture good fortune smiled on Murdoch. David Cameron became prime minister in the Conservative-Liberal coalition government following the general election of 6 May 2010. His director of communications was Murdoch’s former editor Andy Coulson, who remained a close pal of Rebekah Brooks. James Murdoch, as head of News International, had given his newspapers’ backing to Cameron, as had Rebekah Brooks when she was editor of the Sun and then as chief executive officer of News International. She had by now become a member of the influential social and political circle known as the Chipping Norton set. This was made up of high fliers with country houses in the Cotswolds. Brooks was on first name terms with Cameron, as she had been with the two preceding prime ministers, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Such was her political clout that both Brown and Cameron had been guests at her wedding to racehorse trainer and author Charlie Brooks who, like Cameron, had been educated at Eton. The elite circle of friends of the PM extended to Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth, a successful independent TV company owner and film maker, and her PR guru husband Matthew Freud, a great-grandson of Sigmund Freud and who in earlier times had pedalled PR tidbits to the NoW. With such an astonishing power group rooting for the Murdoch takeover of Sky, business secretary Vince Cable would have to tread carefully if his intention was to stop News Corporation taking over. Whatever Cable’s private views he would have to appear neutral. In the event, what happened can only be described as media mayhem bordering on comedy, despite the seriousness of the business at hand.

The Daily Telegraph has always been a solidly conservative newspaper catering to an affluent centre-right readership. It has an enviable record for excellent news coverage. In recent years it has become more adventurous in its content and won wide acclaim for its exposé of the expenses scandal involving Westminster politicians. In the past, however, it has often looked down from its lofty perch on the red-top newspapers and their undercover operations. It was surprising, then, that the Telegraph was to write to the business secretary imploring him to reject News International’s bid and barely a week later devised a newspaper trap for the politician in the best underhand tradition of News of the World reporters.

.....

Добавление нового отзыва

Комментарий Поле, отмеченное звёздочкой  — обязательно к заполнению

Отзывы и комментарии читателей

Нет рецензий. Будьте первым, кто напишет рецензию на книгу The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire
Подняться наверх