In some states there isn't an alternative Kevin Rupert Murdoch (yes, his name is actually Kevin): News Corp US is a publicly-traded company, so when were talking about actual ownership, the Murdochs only own approximately 14%. Justin Walton has 20+ years of marketing, compliance, and financial oversight experience. atHome group, operator of leading realestate websites in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany. What Was Enron? [69] Other allegations put out by The Guardian newspaper include the exploitation, with intent to gain access to or use private information, of a list of 4,332 names or partial names, 2,987 mobile phone numbers, 30 audio tapes of varying length and 91 PIN codes, of a kind required to access the voicemail of the minority of targets who change the factory settings on their mobile phones. This bit is probably pretty boring for most people, but in the interest of full disclosure, Im just going to include it anyway. Murdoch explained that the channel would be more "business-friendly" than CNBC, because he felt that they "leap on every scandal, or what they think is a scandal. They also print the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, and the London Evening Standard. Cable TV channels owned (in whole or part) and operated by News Corporation include: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He has weathered bruising battles with British trade unions, the phone hacking scandal, countless ratings wars and a volatile private life, all the while growing his News Corp empire into global colossus. /*