Rupert Murdoch is annoying and he is giving me a headache. That is besides the fact that he has given what is left of journalism an even worse name.
Re: Murdoch
Dex
4/5/2012 11:49:46 AM
Rupert has no one to blame but himself. Hard to feel sorry for him-but I do empathize for investors who got blindsided by his antics.
I agree that he really has no one to blame but himself, I think in the end he will get what he has coming.
Re: Murdoch
tokyogai
4/6/2012 8:36:43 AM
I agree completely. He is not above the law ( even though he may think so). I see this move as just a lot of bluster.
From most humble day to most arragant day
Value Hiker
4/5/2012 11:55:13 AM
If July 19, 2011 is Mr. Murdoch's "the most humble day of my life", then March 26, 2012 should be label as Mr. Murdoch's " the most arrogant of my life". What a change a tycoon's life can have in less than a year!
Rockin' Rupert...tweet, tweet...
Street Smart
4/5/2012 2:26:31 PM
Rupert Murdoch is a very old dog who should not be trying new tricks like Twitter feeds. In this day and age of instant reputation ruination and cyber-surveillance, all he will succeed in doing is creating a permanent, time-stamped record of statements he'll wish he could later deny.
Lack of social media impulse control has been many a celebrity's and politician's undoing, and I find it pretty funny that "Mr. Hacking" is so beguiled by technology that he can't resist digging his own grave! Wouldn't you think he'd learn?
Re: Rockin' Rupert...tweet, tweet...
Ted Faraone
4/9/2012 11:35:22 PM
You make an interesting point. Written words often come back to haunt a person. That's why I review everything I post before posting it.
Marvin also posed an interesting question. I think the answer to it is this: Rupert built a business empire too big for him to control alone.
When Rupert is directly involved in one of his businesses it tends to be both successful and at least moderately honest. As a close friend of some NewsCorp honchos and former honchos and longtime consultant to the company (no longer), I have firsthand knowledge of this.
He is anything but senile. His mom who is still alive, was going strong past age 100. Rupert is only 80.
Where NewsCorp lags is in corporate governance. When it was a smaller company, Rupert could keep his finger on almost everything. Sometimes success is its own worst enemy. It just got too big for one man to run relying on weekly one page reports from each of his operating divisions. That is how he does it. The reports are primarily financial. They don't go into operating details.
A NewsCorp executive is expected to know how to do a job and succeed without attracting the attention of the police. Rupert would intervene in operating matters when he had a creative idea or saw something in print or on TV of which he did not approve. This sort of managment worked for a long time for NewsCorp, but it is now breaking down under the sheer size and mass of the enterprize.
I certainly don't blame Rupert for sticking to his time-honored managment style. He has had a historic level of success. But now, as big as his worldwide organization is, it may be time to reform the managment structure to prevent the inmates from getting carried away running the asylum by default.
Re: Rockin' Rupert...tweet, tweet...
Street Smart
4/10/2012 10:52:16 AM
@Ted Faraone, thank you so much for sharing your "boots on the ground" impressions of News Corp and Rupert's management style. Fascinating insights...
I think Rupert's kids, especially James are his Achilles heel. It's a drama played out everyday around the world--a family business in transition.
You illuminate an interesting paradox: News Corp needs to be centrally controlled, but the few competent people who can really do the job are overextended in trying to do everything themselves. Rupert struck out with James, and that must hurt.
I think highly of Chase Carey but he and Rupert have their hands full all right!
Twitter? Really?
chapAnjou
4/9/2012 12:51:16 PM
"The high-tech weapon used to launch the all-out attack on the old toffs and right-wingers was Rupert's Twitter account."
Is anyone else finding the whole social media takeover of the world extremely annoying/depressing? I love that twitter now gives athletes the ability to tell you what they're eating at 2AM (cheetos and whiskey) and who they're hanging out with (#BFF)...and now it's giving newspaper overlords the ability to verbally attack their opponents? When is this going to stop?
Murdoch, do this the proper way: write a rambling column in all of your 74178631 publications and give yourself the front cover on all of them.
Social media is beginning to make me feel very anti-social. There's no time for real interaction because OMG! I haven't updated my multiple profiles, statuses, or created a new and exciting pin board.
Re: Twitter? Really?
Broadway
4/9/2012 3:32:45 PM
@Noreen, in some regards, social media isnt for the social. It's for people who: a) don't have enough to do or enough natural social interaction (see stay at home moms on FB); 2) people on the make (salespeople, marketers, job seekers, self-promoters, branders, etc.)
@Noreen,
C'mon, get with it. Tell the world what you ate for lunch.
I had a delicious curry soup.
I had some delicious leftover pineapple salsa with tortilla chips. And if you check my Facebook page, you can see my dog, which I took to the vet today, and the bunny cake I made Friday.
I saw your dog! cute.
chips for lunch? I think our Community Editor needs more ...
Maybe his wife tweeted from his account. She's pretty feisty -- and has proven she'll defend her husband.
Re: "perfectly legal"
Dex
4/10/2012 10:05:39 AM
LOL @Noreen. I would not be surprised if she had.
Re: "perfectly legal"
cat tail
4/10/2012 1:35:07 PM
You must not be an Australian media mogul with a wife who takes on pie throwers.
Good point @Cat Tail. And that is probably a good thing.
Didn't know Rupert was still making moves...at the ripe old age of 120, he's still making moves! LOL
Rupert is only 81. His mom is like 102, though. And still moving.
Just having a little fun there Ms. Noreen
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