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Murdochs face growing shareholder revolt at News Corp - does anyone want to buy the newspapers?

Murdochs face growing shareholder revolt at News Corp – does anyone want to buy the newspapers?

By Stephen Foster on October 11, 2011

US shareholders in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation are trying to gang up on Rupert Murdoch, his family and assorted cronies in an assault that, if even partly successful, will surely bring forward the day when the company’s newspapers, source of its current grief, are sold. The ISS investor advisory group has joined the clamour against [...]

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Rupert Murdoch takes battle with Pearson into the schoolroom

Rupert Murdoch takes battle with Pearson into the schoolroom

By Stephen Foster on November 23, 2010

He may be the most unpopular media mogul since the term was invented but Rupert Murdoch’s drive for (even more) world domination continues with the $360m acquisition of Wireless Generation, a US education software provider. The move follows hard on the heels of Murdoch signing up former New York City education boss Joel Klein to [...]

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