Opinion
James Murdoch’s resignation from the News Corp board over editorial direction have thrown a spotlight on the media giant’s right-wing slant. But his own corporate actions make interesting reading for those charting his ideological shift away from the family firm, argues Rodney Tiffen.
Business
News Corp has posted a massive $US1 billion ($A1.5 billion) loss in the March quarter after taking a $US1.1 billion ($A1.7 billion) impairment charge against its Foxtel and News America Marketing assets.
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News Corp’s claims about Facebook and Google don’t stack up – but that hasn’t stopped the Federal Government handing the Murdochs yet another political win, this time in their battle against the tech giants, writes Bernard Keane.
Rupert Murdoch’s son has called out his father’s media empire for “ongoing denial” of climate change, singling out News Corp’s Australian news outlets for particular criticism.
The News Corp media empire began as a means to disseminate propaganda on behalf of its industrialist owners, and not much has changed, argues Sally Young.
Analysis of political content in one of Rupert Murdoch’s major outlets has demonstrated anti-Labor commentary is seven times more likely on the news service than negative rhetoric about the Coalition, says The New Daily’s John Stapleton.
Tech giants Google and Facebook will face a “reckoning” through more regulation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation says.
