"Transatlantic Murdoch watchers can tell you that all this is wishful thinking even without the demonic TV skills of Fox's supremo Roger Ailes. Less publicized than Murdoch's fierce political conservatism -- undoubtedly his private conviction -- is his readiness to turn on a dime when it's commercially expedient. That suppleness is one of the things that make him such a formidable opponent. Nothing distracts him from his business goals -- not ideology, not friendship, not some inconvenient promise, not even family."
http://tinyurl.com/dk6wv On Dec 27, 2007, at 10:17 AM, justifiedright wrote: > Murdoch is also an "associate" (whatever that means in the article) > of the Clinton's, supports Hillary for President and is one of her > contributors/fundraisers. > > So the article is meaningless. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Longtime associates of President George W. Bush are consolidating > > their hold on American media with a string of recent purchases. > > > > Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced of > > late the sale of 8 of its US television stations to a private > >equity > > firm -- Oak Hill Partners -- for an estimated $1.1 billion > >dollars > > that is expected to close sometime in 2008. > > > > The deal leaves Murdoch with another 27 television stations in > major > > US cities such as Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles, as well > as > > The New York Post, a controlling interest in BSkyB, movie studio > 20th > > Century Fox, and Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co Inc. > > > > Oak Hill Partners lead investor Robert M. Bass, a longtime > associate > > of George W. Bush, is also the founder of Ft. Worth, Texas-based > Bass > > Brothers Enterprises. Oak Hill issued a statement announcing the > > stations would be jointly managed by a broadcast holding company, > > Local TV, that was created by Oak Hill for the purpose of > purchasing > > 9 other television stations from The New York Times previously > this > > year. > > > > Conservative ties for the Bass Brothers > > > > Robert Bass, along with his brothers Lee, Ed, and Sid, from a > wealthy > > Texas oil family, all attended Yale University where Ed was a > > classmate and friend of George W. Bush. The brothers later became > > Bush's number 5 career patrons, as well as business dealings with > now > > President Bush. > > > > Robert Bass is also the founder and chairman of Aerion > Corporation, > > which has been the recipient of several very lucrative DARPA > > contracts for the development of supersonic laminar flow wing > > studies, along with research and test flights. > > > > News Corp. had originally intended to sell off 9 of its US > television > > stations; however Bass's subsidiary, Local TV, could not purchase > > WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee as it had previously purchased CBS > > affiliate WREG-TV: "Federal Communications Commission rules allow > > market duopolies but only one of the two stations under a single > > owner can be among the market's four top-rated stations there and > > there must be least eight unique station owners in the market > once > > the duopoly is formed." > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
