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" The digital native doesn't send a letter to the editor anymore. She goes online and starts a blog. "
Rupert Murdoch
Editor
Digital
Blog
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" From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want. "
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" I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one. "
Rupert Murdoch
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Born
" People who watch 'Fox News,' you may say, and this is anecdotal, but they are passionate about it. In the most unlikely places, like down in Soho where I used to live, people would come up to me and thank me for it. People I didn't know from a bar of soap. People appreciate that at least they're being heard. It is much more watchable. "
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Know
" When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got. "
Rupert Murdoch
Change
You
Proud
" Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism. "
Rupert Murdoch
Capitalism
" The CNN international is a different service - it is even more leftist and anti-American than CNN is. That's their business, that's fine, but it can't be getting any revenue. There is no cable network that I know of anywhere in the world other than in America that pays them for their products. "
Rupert Murdoch
America
Know
Service
" I was brought up in a publishing home, a newspaper man's home, and was excited by that, I suppose. I saw that life at close range and, after the age of ten or twelve, never really considered any other. "
Rupert Murdoch
Newspaper
Man
Never
" You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own. "
Rupert Murdoch
Own
Turn
You
" I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good. "
Rupert Murdoch
Look
Know
Good
" I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together. "
Rupert Murdoch
Together
Am
Amazed
" The cold, commercial word 'market' disguises its human character - a market is a collection of our aspirations, exertions, choices and desires. "
Rupert Murdoch
Choices
Market
Human
" I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way. "
Rupert Murdoch
I Can
Love
People
" My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different. "
Rupert Murdoch
Father
Me
Media
" As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world. "
Rupert Murdoch
Live
World
Creative
" I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got. "
Rupert Murdoch
You
Proud
Change
" The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. "
Rupert Murdoch
Checks
Buck
Guy
" At News Corporation, we have a history of challenging media orthodoxies. "
Rupert Murdoch
Corporation
History
Media
" We started Fox when everyone said it couldn't be done. "
Rupert Murdoch
Started
Said
Done
" We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web. "
Rupert Murdoch
News
Lift
Information
" Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. "
Rupert Murdoch
Television
Thought
Quality
" The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason. "
Rupert Murdoch
Reason
First
First Amendment
" Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall. That applies as much to my own, the media industry, as to every other business on the planet. "
Rupert Murdoch
Change
Business
Past
" In my life, I have learned that most people want the same thing. They are not driven by class resentment. What they want most is to make a better life for themselves and their families - and to know that the opportunities for their children will be better than they were for themselves. "
Rupert Murdoch
Life
Children
Know
" I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening. "
Rupert Murdoch
Important
Details
Daily
" It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests. "
Rupert Murdoch
Got
Other
Say
" One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business. "
Rupert Murdoch
Business
Because
Support
" I'm not ashamed of any of my papers at all and I'm rather sick of snobs that tell us that they're bad papers, snobs who only read papers that no one else wants. I doubt if they read many papers at all. "
Rupert Murdoch
Bad
Doubt
Ashamed
" What's just about a generation of people who rack up government debt for their own health care and retirement - while leaving their children and grandchildren to foot the bill? "
Rupert Murdoch
Health
Children
Government
" Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere. "
Rupert Murdoch
Everywhere
Technology
Advances
" ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News. "
Rupert Murdoch
Good
Mine
Bigger