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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH
FOURTEEN DAYS THAT ENDED A MEDIA DYNASTY |
| By: |
Peter Jukes |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1908717424 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781908717429 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
8 August, 2012 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
The definitive account of the Hackgate scandal and Rupert Murdoch's influence on modern culture |
| Synopsis: |
Structured around the fourteen days in 2011, from the moment the News of the World's hacking of the phone of a murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl was exposed, The Fall of the House of Murdoch is a riveting account of the scandal that closed the world's best-selling English-language newspaper, forced one of the most powerful families in the world to appear before Parliament and finally prompted Murdoch's departure from the UK newspaper world he dominated for three decades. But the book covers more than just Hackgate. It is a forensic expose of News Corp's culture, through the early days in Australian media, the purchase of the News of the World, the Sun and the Times group, the Wapping move to the move into satellite broadcasting and the creation of the Fox Network. Exhaustively researched and fully sourced, it paints a balanced portrait of a brilliant but flawed businessman who has consistently failed to live up to his own free market standards by creating monopolies at every turn and attempting to establish a dynasty out of a global corporation.The Fall of the House of Murdoch is a morality tale for our times, a family drama played out on a world stage and required reading for anyone seeking to understand the hidden connections that bind politics, business and culture together. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Unbound |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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