Rupert Murdoch Quotes - Page 2

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• Advances in the technology of communications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes: Fax machines enable dissidents to bypass state-controlled print media; direct-dial telephone makes it difficult for a state to control interpersonal voice communication; and satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Technology, Regimes, Threat

  "Murdoch and China". www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2003.

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• People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Reading, People, News

  "Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves - Is He Right?" by David Kravets, www.wired.com. April 3, 2009.

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• Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Kings, Emperor, All Things

  "Good news for News Corp". "The World TODAY" with Craig McMurtrie, www.abc.net.au. February 3, 2010.

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• If Hillary [Clinton] gets elected what she's promised to do with the [New York] banks is going to make London boom.

  Rupert Murdoch

  New York, London, Clinton

  Source: www.thewrap.com

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• I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Believe, Government, Libertarian

  "Rupert Murdoch Has Potential". Esquire Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as well as for other big media companies with huge resources in sports, entertainment and news. There's just more opportunity.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Sports, Opportunity, Media

  "Murdoch's New Groove". Interview with Johnnie L. Roberts, www.newsweek.com. February 12, 2006.

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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.

  Rupert Murdoch

  New York, Nbc, Media

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• To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – which, incidentally, is what really destroyed the old world of kings and aristocracies. Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Kings, Technology, Media

  "His Space". Interview with Spencer Reiss, www.wired.com. July 1, 2006.

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• I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Transparent, Felt

  "Phone hacking: Murdoch goes on defensive over 'total lies' by MPs" by Andrew Gumbel, Ed Pilkington, Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.

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• I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Success, Business, Years

  "Rupert Murdoch: Protector of the printed word" by James Robinson, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2009.

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• I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Catalyst For Change, World, Remembered

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• Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Home, Speak

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• Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Couple, Writing, Next Week

  "Rupert Murdoch Has Potential". www.esquire.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?

  Rupert Murdoch

  Order, Wrecks, Billions

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• One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Resent You, Support, Political

  "Murdoch's eldest will inherit power" by Stephen Brook, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2006.

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• I think the important thing is that there be plenty of newspapers, with plenty of different people controlling them, so that there are a variety of viewpoints, so there is a choice for the public. This is the freedom of the press that is needed.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Thinking, People, Choices

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• Climate change and energy use are global problems - News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Responsibility, Environmental, Energy

  Rupert Murdoch's Speech on Carbon Neutrality, www.theaustralian.com.au. May 10, 2007.

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• Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable!

  Rupert Murdoch

  Perfection, Choices, Political

  Twitter post from Apr 16, 2012

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• We're starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we're doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that's unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience's carbon footprint is 10,000 times bigger than ours... That's the carbon footprint we want to conquer.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Encouragement, Business, Unique

  Rupert Murdoch's Speech on Carbon Neutrality, www.theaustralian.com.au. May 10, 2007.

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• The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Government, Needs

  "Master Of The Media". Interview with David Yelland, www.brunswickgroup.com. October 1, 2009.

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• I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Weather, Looks, Economist

  "Newscorp papers hammered". Interview with Michael Rowland, www.abc.net.au. May 7, 2009.

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• Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Sight, Wealth, Capitalism

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• No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Travel, Attitude, Would Be

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• As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world.

  Rupert Murdoch

  America, Creative, Immigration

  "Rupert Murdoch speaks up for immigrants". www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?

  Rupert Murdoch

  Country, Media, Giving

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