Rupert Murdoch

After Boston, looking for solutions to mounting media confusion

2013-04-26 18:13:00

One of the driving principles in the live and late-breaking world of TV news is to just keep moving on. Don’t dwell too long on yesterday’s mistakes, or you’ll miss today’s big story. But the mistakes made by social media and...

If Ben Carson really wants 'rational' discussion, why's he on Fox News so often?

2013-04-15 04:17:00

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness." "Someday in the future, it is my hope and prayer that...

Kate and Will are pregnant

2012-12-03 16:47:58

I was giving a speech once to a group of career women who had decided to be stay-at-home moms, and I was waiting to be introduced when I overheard an animated conversation between two of them. "So, the doctor said she could have a serving of grapes,...

Hopkins' Dr. Benjamin Carson anointed new Fox darling of the right on Hannity

2013-02-16 18:27:00

Much of Friday's political-media online chatter was focused on Fox news hiring failed presidential candidate and pizza executive Herman Cain as a political analyst. But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's...

Possibility of Baltimore Sun sale brings interest from investors

2012-12-13 17:41:00

The possibility that the Tribune Co. will sell its newspapers after an imminent exit from bankruptcy has set off a new round of speculation about The Baltimore Sun's future ownership — along with expressions of interest from potential buyers....

Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy Monday

2012-12-30 20:48:00

The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co. After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Chicago-based media company will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly...

Forget Karl Rove, Fox role in 'Lie of the Year' is what matters

2012-12-13 05:14:00

While much is being made of Karl Rove's post-election return to the air this week on Fox, I don't think that's really the news that matters these days at Rupert Murdoch's channel. Reflecting in a way the very post-election GOP malaise that they...

Bankruptcy judge says he will approve Tribune Co. restructuring

2012-07-13 19:25:00

After more than 31/2 years of bitter legal conflict, the judge in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case said he would approve a plan to transfer ownership of the Chicago media company to a group of hedge funds and banks based in Los Angeles and New York. But...

Robert B. Reich: The new American civil war

2012-11-07 00:00:00

The vitriol is worse than I ever recall. Worse than the Palin-induced smarm of 2008. Worse than the Swift-boat lies of 2004. Worse, even, than the anything-goes craziness of 2000 and its ensuing bitterness. It's almost a civil war. I know families in...

'Seal Team Six' celebrates Obama, suffers sins of docudrama

2012-11-05 10:20:00

There is no TV genre more problematic than docudrama. And Sunday's premiere of "SEAL Team Six," which claims to be the true, inside story of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, is as problematic as they come. The core issues all grow from the...

Stan Honey combines work with play for new sailing technology

2012-10-27 11:31:00

Stan Honey has spent much of the past two decades living a double life — as a computer graphics innovator who made televised sports more easily watchable for the casual fan and as a master yachtsman who navigated large boats to a long list of...

Cable TV news the biggest loser in Wisconsin recall

2012-06-06 18:12:00

UPDATES WITH LINK TO RESPONSE POST BY GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: After watching coverage of the Wisconsin recall, I am convinced more than ever that it's time for a major press gut check. We have been in real trouble for a long time with cable TV news, but we...

Moraga Vineyards in Bel-Air will become the property of Rupert Murdoch when escrow closes within 30 days.

2013-05-13 12:16:00

Rupert Murdoch at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng Murdoch arrive at the 85th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.

2013-02-24 00:00:00