Rupert Murdoch: News Corporation Magnate: News Corporation MagnateThis title examines the remarkable life of Rupert Murdoch. Readers will learn about Murdoch’s family background, childhood, education, and groundbreaking work as the media mogul behind a major news corporation. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. |
Contents
Becoming a US Citizen
| 6 |
Young Rupert
| 14 |
Beginnings of an Empire
| 24 |
Expanding the Empire
| 34 |
Business in the United States
| 46 |
Political Connections
| 56 |
US Film and Television
| 66 |
The Birth of Fox
| 74 |
Timeline
| 96 |
Essential Facts
| 100 |
Glossary
| 102 |
| 104 | |
Source Notes
| 106 |
| 110 | |
About the Author
| 112 |
The Twentyfirst Century
| 84 |
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