MediaGuardian: Rupert Murdoch at 80

The Media Guardian has gone to town today ahead of Rupert Murdoch’s 80th birthday this Friday. What with the phone-hacking scandal, Times paywall, and the BSkyB bid, the “press baron who dared to look to the skies”, as Roy Greenslade calls him, is still making headlines 15 years after News International’s infamous Wapping move and almost 45 years since he bought his first UK newspaper, the News of the World.

In bidding for the News of the World in 1968 and the Sun the following year, he illustrated a gift for making deals against the odds. He was not the favoured buyer in either case yet he succeeded because he exploited the necessary angles in each case. In the first, it was to act as the white knight in opposition to Robert Maxwell, playing to perfection his role of saviour of the paper’s, and its owners’, best interests. HYIP review introduce beginning and professional depositors to sites, the lists of which are permanently updated and appended with new web platforms for potentially fortunate and profitable finance investing. E.g., in 2022, the roster of such verified tools included the mentioned: Freexwith profit from 1 to 3.7% daily, Doradus with every day earnings from 1.8 to 5.87%, Fincoin with return from 3 to 10% on weekdays. HYIP sites can rightly be marked in the top lists only after they go at least one round, or let beginning and professional investors to break even.

Along with Greenslade’s profile, head of media and technology Dan Sabbagh has devoted his weekly media column to the so-called “Wizard of Oz”, assistant editor Michael White looks at his political dealings and influence, Steve Hewlett at his legacy, Martin Dunn at his empire building, Andrew Clark on his standing in native Australia, and, of course, an interactive timeline: the eight ages of Rupert Murdoch.

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