[Youngian]

‘Sick Rupert’s Sex Spy Shame’

Such a sad end to this beautiful romance

Murdoch and Hall spent months emailing and talking on the phone before she agreed to a lunch date in New York. When Hall arrived, her hotel room was filled with flowers and chocolates. “He was an old-fashioned gentleman. We laughed together nonstop,”

Much to enjoy in this article. How many decades have you told Sun readers that Murdoch doesn’t care about this right wing culture war crap? But just wants you on board with a right wing free market government that will make him richer.

It’s ironic that Murdoch’s fortunes would become entwined with Trump’s, because Murdoch found Trump appalling. “Rupert knew he was an idiot,” a person close to Murdoch said. Murdoch was a longtime champion of immigration reform and free trade and loathed Trump’s nativism and know-nothingism.

[Rosvanian]

That is a great read, especially if, like me, you've lapped up Sucession.

[Youngian]

Its an enjoyable upmarket Dallas like Yellowstone with media technobabble instead of cows. Media commentators are getting a bit carried away with their praise for Succession as it’s about their industry.

[The Weeping Angel]

Its an enjoyable upmarket Dallas like Yellowstone with media technobabble instead of cows. Media commentators are getting a bit carried away with their praise for Succession as it’s about their industry.

As one wag put it it's watched by 6000 people in New York and Los Angeles.

[MisterMuncher]

It is, genuinely, pretty good, if a bit self-conscious and filled with scenes that could charitably be described as "references" to other works.

It is, once again, a premium TV show without any really "good" characters. I'm not saying this is a positive or negative in isolation, but I am getting a little fatigued with the constant anti-hero stuff. There's a certain memory of nineties comics about it all.

[Youngian]

Most look forward Matthew Macfayden’s character Tom and his hapless sidekick Greg as a corporate dumb and dumber double act. Tom’s a weaselly insecure mediocrity with two default settings of bullying and toadying, like Dominic Raab.

[Andy McDandy]

Dagmara Dominczyk's in it. One of the best "who dat?" actors out there, guaranteed to put in a great performance.

Smoking hot too.

[Youngian]

It may well have been under Elizabeth Murdoch’s tenure that Now TV pioneered a simple cancel when you like service instead of chiseling punters into annual subscriptions without enough original programming to remotely justify the expense. Like to have seen her explain that business model to dad; ‘So Liz, you’re saying by respecting customers they will respect this model and return in greater numbers, have you gone mad, girl?’

[MisterMuncher]

NowTV is probably the only time News International as an organisation have actually been in tune and on time for a technological development.

[Bones McCoy]

Whoever said "Rupert Morlock" - It's not big and it's not clever.

[Youngian]

NowTV is probably the only time News International as an organisation have actually been in tune and on time for a technological development.

News Corp had probably divested from Sky by then. “They never listen to anything I say,” Murdoch once groaned about Sky. We began to notice that with the growing quality of its news, drama and comedy.

[Youngian]

Reasons to be cheerful

Profits at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp fall off a cliff
Profits at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation have dropped by 75 per cent, it was revealed this week.

The US-listed media conglomerate – which owns mastheads in the US, UK and Australia – took $187 million net profit for the financial year, down from the previous year’s $760 million. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/ ... ff-354390/

[Yug]

That's still $250,000,000 too much.

[Andy McDandy]

Might explain why they're turning to AI to handle the donkey work page filling.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/ ... pt-stories

[Crabcakes]

Rupert is finally stepping down as head of news corp. Which will hopefully see his successor lose interest in the U.K., and the decline of Fox News.

I’m sure we all wish him a remarkably short retirement.

[The Weeping Angel]

Unfortunetly Lachlan is in many ways even worse.

[Crabcakes]

True. But he’s also not his dad, and not as smart or ruthless. News Corp will hopefully be like Man Utd. after Fergie finally fucked off - a shadow of its former self where everyone else gets to enjoy some long, long overdue decline in importance, influence and results.

[Abernathy]

Over to Dennis.

[Youngian]

The plucky public school and Oxbridge educated billionaire son of a wealthy publisher socks to the elites

[Youngian]

Unfortunetly Lachlan is in many ways even worse.

Will he sustain his father’s interests in newspapers in terminal commercial decline in a country with diminishing international influence?
And the window’s closing on any rich pickings in the UK TV industry which I doubt he has even less instinct for than his father.