Rupert Murdoch's Long and Winding Career

Lights, Camera, Hollywood
In 1985 Murdoch expanded his presence in the U.S. by acquiring 20th Century Fox. He went on to purchase six television stations, which would ultimately form the foundation of Fox Broadcasting Co., the first network to be launched in the U.S. since the big three — CBS, NBC and ABC — began to appear in American living rooms in the 1950s. In order to conform to the legal requirement that U.S. television stations be owned only by American citizens, Murdoch obtained U.S. citizenship in 1985.

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