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  Iris Murdoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murdoch was educated in progressive schools, firstly, at the Froebel Demonstration School, and then as a boarder at the Badminton School in Bristol in 1932.
Murdoch's novels are by turns intense and bizarre, filled with dark humor and unpredictable plot twists, undercutting the civilized surface of the usually upper-class milieu in which her characters are observed.
Murdoch was awarded the Booker Prize in 1978 for The Sea, the Sea, a finely detailed novel about the power of love and loss, featuring a retired stage director who is overwhelmed by jealousy when he meets his erstwhile lover after several decades apart.
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 Rupert Murdoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murdoch moved to Britain in the mid-60s, and rapidly became a major force there after his acquisitions of the News of the World, The Sun, and later The Times, which he bought in 1981 from the Thomson family, who had bought it from the Astor family in 1966.
Murdoch's eldest son Lachlan, formerly the deputy chief operating officer at the News Corporation and the publisher of the New York Post, was Murdoch's heir apparent before resigning from his executive posts at the global media company at the end of July 2005.
Murdoch's voting privileges are not transferable but will expire upon his death and the stock will then be controlled solely by his children from the prior marriages, although their half-siblings will continue to derive their share of income from it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rupert_Murdoch   (3841 words)

  
 Iris Murdoch
Murdoch produced 26 novels in 40 years, the last written while she was suffering from Alzheimer disease.
Murdoch's great love was a Czech Jewish poet and polymath called Franz Steiner, who died of a heart attack in 1952 - in her arms, according to his friend Elias Canetti.
Murdoch made her debut as novelist with UNDER THE NET (1954), which had as its protagonist the Sartrean hero Jack Donaghue.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /imurdoch.htm   (1608 words)

  
 Murdoch, Rupert K.
Murdoch was able to quickly reverse the unprofitable states of these newspapers, and he used the new profits to acquire other media properties--thereby exhibiting the fundamental growth strategy that would come to characterize his career.
Murdoch saw the situation as a rare opportunity to purchase a group of choice television stations in the country's largest markets, thereby ensuring a distribution vehicle for his new studio's programs.
While Murdoch was able to renegotiate the terms of his agreements, which avoided the disaster, it temporarily placed Murdoch in the unusual position of being unable to aggressively expand News Corp.'s holdings.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/murdochrupe/murdochrupe.htm   (1272 words)

  
 K. Rupert Murdoch - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch) is chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation and the Fox News.
Murdoch was born in Australia on 11th of March, 1931.
Murdoch believes the criticism of him in the UK is attributable to his success in breaking the print unions and his success in establishing satellite broadcasting.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Rupert_Murdoch   (3436 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Taste
Murdoch of destroying the ideal of journalistic objectivity, along with the notion that the news business ought, in some ways, to be a public service.
Murdoch's critics conclude that his is an evil empire, a monolithic representation of the mogul's right-wing views.
Murdoch is "principally a businessman, of conventional business-conservative views, who vents those views when possible but not when they interfere with any important corporate goal." Fair enough.
www.opinionjournal.com /taste/?id=110003938   (1060 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Rupert Murdoch pics
Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931, in Melbourne, Australia.
Ever the survivor, Murdoch weathered a potentially catastrophic 1995 legal case that argued his ownership of Fox was illegal, given that News Corp.'s headquarters were in Australia.
In the end, Murdoch won a ruling from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which declared that his ownership of the Fox Network was "in the public's best interests." The following year, he created the Fox News Channel to compete with archrival Ted Turner's CNN.
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics/27c_rupert_murdoch.html   (794 words)

  
 Murdoch Guild - Clubs
Murdoch University AUJS is a local part of the Australian branch of the World Union of Jewish Students.
Murdoch University Rowing Club (MURC) was founded in 1992 to provide Murdoch University students and staff with their own rowing Club.
OCF Murdoch is part of a family of international and Australian students who meet regularly to learn about Jesus and have fun and fellowship with one another.
guild.murdoch.edu.au /?/clubs   (3765 words)

  
 The New Yorker : fact : content
Murdoch loves to talk politics, and he is a news junkie.
As Murdoch explained, “If he made a good impression in the debates and ran a good television campaign, it’s conceivable that he could win a few states.
It is no coincidence that Murdoch is on friendly terms with the politicians who are favored to win their parties’ nominations in 2008: McCain and Clinton.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/articles/061016fa_fact1   (1823 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Blair saw anti-America bias in BBC news, Murdoch says   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Murdoch, chairman of the media conglomerate News Corp., recounted a conversation with the British leader at a panel discussion late Friday hosted by former president Bill Clinton.
And he turned on the BBC world service to see what was happening in New Orleans," Murdoch was quoted as saying in a transcript posted on the Clinton Global Initiative website."And he said it was just full of hate of America and gloating about our troubles.
Murdoch went on to say that anti-American bias was prevalent throughout Europe.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-09-17-bbccoverageblair_x.htm   (469 words)

  
 CD Baby: ALEXI MURDOCH: Four Songs
Murdoch's full length album is out now, and I will be buying it no questions asked, simply based on these four songs.
Murdoch does a great deal with imaginative chords and adds certain truths to the lyrics in all of the songs.
Alexi Murdoch's first release is the proof that real music is still alive, in an era where over-commercialized and over-marketed "music products" are polluting and perverting one of the most powerful and global mode of expression, Music.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/aleximurdoch   (11875 words)

  
 Wired 14.07: His Space
But Murdoch has been putting his money where his mouth is – and it is his money: His family controls almost a third of News Corp.’s voting shares.
Murdoch had ventured online before, but those forays were mostly unhappy, including the near-debacle of a failed $450 million bid for PointCast, poster child for the late 1990s push-media craze.
Chastened – “We’re not a technology company,” Murdoch says, “we don’t need to be early” – he focused on building satellite broadcast networks, a bold bet on the future of hi-def TV and a hedge in an ongoing cold war with his cable distribution partners (read: Liberty Media chair John Malone).
www.wired.com /wired/archive/14.07/murdoch.html   (1079 words)

  
 Murdoch University: Scholarships
Murdoch University’s Energy Studies, Nanoscience and Physics area awards scholarships each year to encourage and assist competent students to undertake our undergraduate Energy Studies, Nanoscience, or Physics course.
These scholarships are limited to students enrolled in the Physics major at Murdoch University, and are intended primarily for students completing the final year of the Bachelor of Science degree who plan to proceed into Physics Honours.
Murdoch Excellence Scholarships (top-up awards) of $5,000 per annum each will be available in each of the seven areas of research strength.
wwwcomm.murdoch.edu.au /handbook/services/scholarships.html   (1211 words)

  
 TIME Digital -- Cyber Elite - RUPERT MURDOCH
From books (HarperCollins) to television (Fox Broadcasting) and newspapers (New York Post, Times of London) to movies (20th Century Fox), Murdoch has been among the first to realize that the secret to success in modern media is control of both content and distribution.
Murdoch's LineOne service is gunning to become the AOL of Europe.
With 40% of News Corp.'s voting shares in the hands of the Murdoch clan, some of the most interesting betting concerns who will carry on the family business after Rupert (the smart money is on his 26-year-old heir apparent, son Lachlan).
www.time.com /time/digital/cyberelite/19.html   (249 words)

  
 Murdoch and News Corp: Overview
Munster's observation, courtesy of former Murdoch cohort Richard Searby, that Murdoch is a fidget, a man going for a random walk with a line (and his own money, unlike many of the moguls), holds true.
Barefaced Cheek: Rupert Murdoch (London: Hodder and Stoughton 1983) is a glib effort by Michael Leapman, better known for his more interesting Treachery: The Power Struggle at TV AM (Unwin Hyman, London 1989), an account of gameplaying by David Frost, Murdoch, Bruce Gyngell and others.
Murdoch will remain of significance as the catalyst for restructuring Fleet Street (with just a little help from his friends Margaret Thatcher and the electricians union).
www.ketupa.net /murdoch.htm   (1571 words)

  
 Right-Web | Individual Profile | Rupert K. Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, head of the world's largest media empire, has used his media power to support right-wing policies across the globe.
Said Murdoch of the war, "The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil.
Murdoch also bankrolls William Kristol's neocon mouthpiece the Weekly Standard, which has been losing money ever since it started up in the mid-1990s.
rightweb.irc-online.org /ind/murdoch/murdoch.php   (427 words)

  
 F - Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch denied this at first and was publicly outraged that Whitlam would tell the public what his actual intentions were!
Rupert Murdoch described himself as that "white knight" promising that Sir William can stay on as chairman while Murdoch would be managing director and purchase 40% of the stock.
Arrogant Aussie: The Rupert Murdoch Story by Michael Leapman 1984 Lyle Suart Inc., Syracuse NJ Citizen Murdoch by Thomas Kiernan 1986 Dodd Mead and Co., NY Murdoch by William Shawcross 1992 Simon and Schuster, NY A Paper Prince by George Munster 1984 Viking, NY Rupert Murdoch by Jerome Tuccille 1989 Donald I.
www.fortunecity.com /bennyhills/palin/250/fmurdoch.htm   (2089 words)

  
 The New Yorker: PRINTABLES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
When Murdoch and his wife retired for the evening, shortly before midnight, the former President, surrounded by people, was listening to a performance by the Australian singer Keith Urban and his band.
Murdoch’s political maneuverings are closely monitored inside News Corp. Like an eighteenth-century French monarch, he is surrounded by courtiers, with numerous factions, both conservative and progressive, vying for his favor.
Murdoch said that he would, and Brokaw quipped, “I think there are people in this room who would say there are people who work for you who are already working for the Administration.” Amid the laughter, Murdoch didn’t get a chance to answer.
www.newyorker.com /printables/fact/061016fa_fact1   (7168 words)

  
 IGN: SmackDown Countdown 2006: Trevor Murdoch
Murdoch said that when you make rednecks angry, bad things happen; is this a sign of things to come for their future opponents?
Cade and Murdoch didn't know they would be facing the two monsters until shortly before the match began, and it cost them dearly.
When Murdoch helped former partner Lance Cade defeat Goldust one week, the Bizarre One got his own partner Snitsky involved, and the four were at each others' throats for weeks.
ps2.ign.com /articles/733/733273p1.html   (726 words)

  
 Strange alliance - Salon
When former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean faces third-party candidate Ralph Nader in a 90-minute debate to be aired on National Public Radio Friday, Dean is sure to press Nader on whether his run for the White House will again help Republicans on Election Day, and on whether Nader has become that party's pawn.
Chairman of the expansive conglomerate News Corp., the conservative Murdoch has been a chief advocate for more than two decades of extensive media deregulation.
So even if Murdoch is putting money into the book, he's giving it to a messenger who disagrees with him," says Zeese.
dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2004/07/09/nader_murdoch/index.html   (696 words)

  
 Murdoch Center Foundation
The Murdoch Center Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to education, training, research, information dissemination, and professional development in the field of mental retardation.
These funds have been used to support research and publication, to purchase equipment and supplies, and to foster professional development and training for staff.
Murdoch Center Foundation is an Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
www.murdochfoundation.org   (97 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch is one of a select handful of media mega-moguls whose name is a household word.
As Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Ltd., he oversees a diverse global media empire with a net worth in the multi-billions.
As the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch sits at the head of one of the most influential media giants on the planet.
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics/27_rupert_murdoch.html   (401 words)

  
 Rupert Murdoch’s New Groove: Digital Media - Leadership and Innovation - MSNBC.com
13, 2006 issue - Keith Rupert Murdoch may be 74 years old, but the way he sees it, he's got a young man's fingertips for what's cool.
He slowed down enough to share his thoughts with NEWSWEEK's Johnnie L. Roberts on subjects ranging from why he thinks Sumner Redstone is wrong to Google's controversies with the U.S. and Chinese governments.
MURDOCH: Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11180767/site/newsweek   (743 words)

  
 School of IT Teaching - Games Technology
Western Australia is geographically close to other major growth hubs in IT and games development in the Asia-Pacific, and Murdoch University is the only Western Australian institution to offer a degree in games technology.
Murdoch University is also the only Australian university to be awarded 5-star rating by the Good University's Guide 8 out of the last 9 years.
Murdoch University is renowned for flexibility in course study.
www.it.murdoch.edu.au /teaching/gamestech.html   (441 words)

  
 Murdoch School of Law
located at the Murdoch University Campus at South Street, just north of North Lake, about 15 kilometres south of the Perth Central Business District and eight kilometres east of the port city of Fremantle.
The peaceful bushland setting makes the Murdoch Campus one of the most beautiful University campuses in Australia.
Murdoch Law School ’s first professional training programme in arbitration law and practice was held from 1 st to 8 th December 2006.
wwwlaw.murdoch.edu.au   (280 words)

  
 Murdoch interview with Alan Jones - National - www.smh.com.au
The chairman Rupert Murdoch made the announcement late yesterday.
Undeniably, this will make News Corporation more of a US company but equally any sensible person would say it is the logical thing to do.
And Rupert Murdoch made the point yesterday that the company's routes, heart and culture were unmistakably Australian.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/07/1081222525705.html   (1845 words)

  
 The Age of Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch has indeed been relentless in building a one-of-a kind media network that spans the world.
What really drives him, though, is not ideology but a cool concern for the bottom line—and the belief that the media should be treated like any other business, not as a semi-sacred public trust.
A Senate committee chaired by John McCain had summoned several expert witnesses to discuss the implications of the changes that morning, along with a man who was not directly involved in the debate but who seemed to personify media power: Rupert Murdoch.
www.theatlantic.com /issues/2003/09/fallows.htm   (832 words)

  
 Murdoch Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Transfers continued from Caswell during the 1950's with the census reaching 361.
In December 1957, the staff and clients from "The Colony" moved to the new Butner Training School.
The name of the Butner Training School was changed to Murdoch School and eventually to Murdoch Center (named after Dr. James Murdoch who led to the beginning of a new era of reform in mental health in North Carolina).
www.dhhs.state.nc.us /mhddsas/murdoch.htm   (159 words)

  
 WWE: Superstars > Raw > Trevor Murdoch
Check out the surly Trevor Murdoch in action in his exclusive photo and video galleries.
Together, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch are former World Tag Team Champions.
U.S. law may be different than the law of your home country.
www.wwe.com /superstars/raw/murdoch1   (142 words)

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