Murdoch: The Making of a Media Empire

Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 2nd Printing. 499 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges are clean, neat and free of foxing. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire ended the 80s with a debt the size of Ecuador's and on the verge of catastrophe. Houdini-like Murdoch survived, buying time, merging Sky with BSB, advancing into the '90s as one of the most powerful media barons the world has ever known. Shawcross tells two stories. The story of the man himself, his origins and personality, of how an Australian with Scottish Presbyterian grandparents became a US citizen owning newspapers and TV stations on 3 continents, a film studio in Hollywood, satellites in space, and selling to the world the 20th-century's most powerful persuaders - information and entertainment. Also he tells the fascinating tale of the information and technology revolution which Murdoch (despite his own technological ineptness) knew how to exploit and which has made him so powerful. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Business, "Editors, Journalists, Publishers", Rich & Famous; ISBN: 0684830159. ISBN/EAN: 9780684830155. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0000715. . 9780684830155