Born in Melbourne, son of a Presbyterian minister, Murdoch (not knighted till 1933) was doing pretty well as manager of a press cable service when he set out as a correspondent for the war in 1915.

The Murdoch model of press baron is, over the last 100 years or so, the predominant one. He merely took the Beaverbrook, Northcliffe, Hearst, Rothermere and Pulitzer tradition and did it bolder ...

A spokesperson for Prudence, Elisabeth and James Murdoch said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that they welcome the ruling and hope that their family can “move beyond this ...

A new documentary on media mogul Rupert Murdoch has provided new insight on his “almost incestuous” relationship with Tony Blair.… Phone-hacking claims cost the publisher of the Sun ...

A spokesperson for Prudence, Elisabeth and James Murdoch said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that they welcome the ruling and hope that their family can “move beyond this ...