The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolff

The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolff

In a career spanning four decades Rupert Murdoch has built News International into a $70 billion corporation. Through a series of breathtaking gambles he expanded from his base in the Australian newspaper business to achieve a preeminent position in the UK's media, and to control a huge slice of Hollywood. Increasingly his company has built a presence in online and digital media, most recently through its acquisition of MySpace, and he is steadily expanding into Southeast Asia. But Murdoch is more than a predatory and merciless deal-maker. His company does not only generate dizzying profits and growth rates. His company generates the information that forms our understanding of the world. He presides over what we read, what we watch, what we come to believe about ourselves, to an extent that is without serious parallel anywhere on earth. In the words of Michael Wolff, Murdoch 'held more power over more time than any other contemporary figure'. Working with unrivalled access to Murdoch himself, his family, and his inner circle of advisors, Wolff shows how Murdoch came to wield this power and the uses he has made of it. Murdoch has become almost invisible behind the strong emotions he provokes. Now Wolff's account reveals the qualities that took Murdoch to the top of the world and have kept him there. In doing so he tells a business story that is also the story of a man's life, and the story of our times.

Up close and personal * Independent *
Wolff provides rich insights into the workings of News Corp, his relations with wives and children, his handling of rivals and enemiesHe explains all vividly and lucidly, and doesn’t pull his punches * Guardian *
Full of interesting titbits and insights * Irish Times *
A deeply satisfying experience…full of the kind of detailed ticktock that makes business seem brutally exciting * New York Times *
Gripping…fascinating * Los Angeles Times *

Michael Wolff is a contributing editor and columnist for Vanity Fair, and a National Magazine Award winner and two-time nominee. His weekly column in New York Magazine, 'This Media Life', was one of the most influential commentaries about the media industry. He is the author of the best-selling Burn Rate, and of the books White Kids, Where We Stand - which became a multipart PBS series - and most recently, Autumn of the Moguls. He is a frequent guest commentator on a range of national news shows, and his journalism appears regularly in the Guardian.

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ISBN 13	9781847920249
ISBN 10	1847920241
Title	The Man Who Owns the News
Author	Michael Wolff
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2008-12-04
Number of pages	464
Prizes	Short-listed for ABIA Australian Biography of the Year 2009
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