Rupert Murdoch quotes

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built one of the world’s largest and most influential media empires. His business interests span newspapers, television, book publishing, and film across several continents. He has played a major role in shaping modern media and political discourse globally. Here are 78 of his quotes:

Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic. (Rupert Murdoch)
Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try. View quote
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People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change. View quote
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Keith Olbermann is trying to make a business out of destroying Bill O'Reilly. He's done certain things to Bill O'Reilly that I believe were way over the line. I think that's bad behavior. But it's okay for him to criticize Bill. And Bill shouldn't be so sensitive. He should ignore that. View quote
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I have to admit that until recently I was somewhat wary of the warming debate. But I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue. View quote
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News - communicating news and ideas, I guess - is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers to read (and) alternative television channels. View quote
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Well, except for ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, the Washington Post, and about another 100 newspapers, I find little evidence of liberal bias in the media. View quote
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I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible. View quote
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Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars. View quote
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In this country, Fox News has gotten a big, big audience that appreciates its independence. There's passion there, and it's pushed. ... It has taken a long boot time, but it has now changed CNN because it has challenged them - they've become more centrist in their choice of stories. They're trying to become, using our phrase, more fair and balanced. View quote
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The greatest thing to come out of this [the war in Iraq] for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country. (Rupert Murdoch)
They've started it. We've had bitter, personal attack on some of our people. They tried to destroy our credibility as a network. But it is only natural that the people can stand who were personally attacked and their children were personally attacked should fight back and I support them. I support my people completely. View quote
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After all, we are in the entertainment business. View quote
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Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. View quote
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Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it? View quote
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The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets. View quote
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I think you have a danger of regulating, putting regulations in place which will mean there will be no press in 10 years to regulate. View quote
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I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world. View quote
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My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different. View quote
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From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want. View quote
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There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard. (Rupert Murdoch)
I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good. View quote
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Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. View quote
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While it's impossible to be completely prepared for a downturn of this magnitude, we began priming ourselves for a weakening economy earlier last year. We have implemented strict cost cutting measures across all our operations. We have reduced headcount in individual businesses where appropriate and we've scaled back on capital expenditures. Even in plush times, we have never been a company that tolerates fat. So in times like these, we are better positioned to weather this cycle than our competitors. View quote
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We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there. View quote
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