Rupert Murdoch

Fox News Fires Bill O'Reilly After $13 Million Sexual Harassment Settlements - Trump Had Defended Him

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Fox News fired its top-rated host Bill O’Reilly on April 19, 2017, after The New York Times revealed O’Reilly and 21st Century Fox had paid approximately $13 million to settle sexual harassment claims from at least five women over more than a decade. The women, who either worked for …

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Fox News Launches with Rupert Murdoch Funding and Roger Ailes Leadership

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Rupert Murdoch launched Fox News Channel on October 7, 1996, with Roger Ailes as CEO, explicitly designed as a conservative propaganda outlet disguised as news. The network’s ‘Fair and Balanced’ slogan masked its partisan agenda, while Murdoch paid cable companies $10 per …

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Maxwell Acquires Daily Mirror for £113 Million, Expanding Media Empire

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Robert Maxwell acquires Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from Reed International for £113 million in July 1984, gaining control of six British newspapers including the Daily Mirror. This strategic acquisition significantly expanded Maxwell’s media influence in Britain and triggered an intense …

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