EP76: Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch is the most famous media mogul of the last fifty years. Australian by birth but American by citizenship, he owns The Sun, the now defunct News of the World, the New York Post, Twentieth Century Fox and the Wall Street Journal.

Amid the rise of social media, the vice-like grip that he once had over celebrity gossip and media through print seems to have diminished. His reputation in the UK was nearly destroyed following the phone hacking scandal in 2011, and for left-wing opinion on both sides of the Atlantic, he remains lucifer in the flesh.

My guest for this conversation is Peter Jukes. Peter has had a long career in journalism, and is the author of three different books about Murdoch, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Murdoch. He is also the editor of Byline Times, a monthly newspaper that focuses on investigative journalism, seeking to expose the nefarious activities of the rich and powerful.