Rupert Murdoch's Long and Winding Career

Rupert Murdoch
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In the late 1960s, Murdoch began to buy properties in the U.K., beginning with the News of the World in 1968. The following year, he would acquire the Sun. Here, he smiles at a press conference in which he outlined his plans for the News of the World.

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