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| Publisher | Scribe Publications |
| ISBN 13 | 9781915590503 |
| ISBN 10 | 1915590507 |
| Book Description | For half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start?In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his fathers dying wish: for Rupert to live a useful, altruistic, and full life in the media.For decades, Sir Keith had been a giant of the Australian press, but his final years were spent bitterly fending off rivals and would-be successors. When the dust settled on his fathers estate, Rupert was left with the Adelaide-based News Ltd and its afternoon paper The News a minor player in a small, parochial city.But even this inheritance was soon under siege, as the left-wing Boy Publisher stared down his fathers old colleagues at the citys paper of record, The Advertiser, and a conservative establishment kept in power by a decades-old gerrymander.Led by Ruperts friend, ally, and editor-in-chief Rohan Rivett, the fledgling Murdoch press began a seven-year campaign of circulation wars, expansion, and courtroom battles that divided the city and would lay the foundations for a global empire if Rupert and Rohan didnt end up in custody first.Drawing on unpublished archival material and new reportage, Young Rupert pieces together a paper trail of succession, sedition, and power and a fascinating time capsule of Australian media on the cusp of an extraordinary ascension. |
| About the Author | Walter Marsh is a journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide with a background in history and culture. A former editor and staff writer at The Adelaide Review and Rip It Up, his writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, and InDaily. |
| Author | Walter Marsh |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 10/12/2023 |
| Number of Pages | 343.0 |
Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire
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