If Rupert Murdoch isn't making headlines, he's busy buying the media outlets that generate them. His News Corp holdings - from The New York Post, Fox News, The Australian, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few - are vast, and his power is unrivalled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer in The Man Who Owns the News. With unprecedented access to Murdoch himself, his associates, and family, Wolff chronicles the astonishing growth of the $70 billion media kingdom. He probes the Murdoch family dynasty, from the battles that have threatened to destroy it to the reconciliations that seem to only make it stronger. He offers accounts of the Dow Jones takeover as well as plays for Yahoo! and Newsday as they've never been revealed before. The Man Who Owns the News offers an exclusive glimpse into a man who wields extraordinary power and influence in the media on a worldwide scale - and whose family is being groomed to carry his legacy into the future.

About the Author

Michael Wolff, a columnist for VANITY FAIR and two-time National Magazine Award winner, is one of America's most influential writers about media, culture, and politics. He is a regular commentator for CNBC, and well as for numerous other US news programs. In 2003, he achieved international recognition for his dispatches from the Persian Gulf as the Iraq War began. He is the author of four books, including AUTUMN OF THE MOGULS and BURN RATE. He lives in New York.

Reviews

For this biography of the owner of the New York Post, Fox News, and the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair columnist Wolff had access to all the players in Murdoch's life, on both the family and the business ends, and interviewed Murdoch himself several times throughout the years. Wolff's story is intimate, intriguing, and told on a grand scale. For all this, Don Leslie's (American Prince) reading gives listeners a sense of intimacy. Recommended. [The Broadway hc appeared in December; audio clip available through www.randomhouse.com/audio.-Ed.]-Pam Kingsbury, Univ. of North Alabama, -Florence Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.