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Rupert Murdoch
18 quotes
“Fuck Dacre. Publish.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After all, we are in the entertainment business.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have the long-term rights in most countries to major sporting events and we will be doing in Asia what we intend to do elsewhere in the world, that is, use sports as a 'battering ram' and a lead offering in all our pay television operations.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Sport is Murdoch's 'battering ram' for pay TV", Independent (16 October 1996)
“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.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have to admit that until recently I was somewhat wary of the [global] warming debate. But I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (born 1931) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Asked about liberal bias in the mainstream media in (2011)
“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.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About News Corp. 6.4 billion quarterly lost in 2008-09
“People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments made on April 2, as quoted in "Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is He Right?" Wired (April 3, 2009)
“Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What a fucking idiot.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About Donald Trump, as quoted in "Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President" (January 2017), by Michael Wolff, New York magazine
“The current American political debate is profound, whether about education or welfare or economic opportunity. It is crucial that conservatives play an active, forceful role in that debate, but that will not happen if President Trump stays focused on the past. The past is the past, and the country is now in a contest to define the future.”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rupert Murdoch Tells Trump to STFU About 2020 Vanity Fair (November 17, 2021)
“I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I'm happy”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together”
Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Murdoch, 92, announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, 66 in a New York Post interview, as cited in "Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to Ann Lesley Smith" The Guardian (20 March 2023). The intended marriage, whic…