Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires
Page 39
on Gordon Taylor hacking settlement, 125–127, 245
as News of the World lawyer, 122
testimony before UK Parliament deemed misleading, 238–239, 277
A Current Affair television program, 52
The Daily digital tablet-only publication, 279, 281, 291
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 11, 100, 101
Dancing with the Stars television program, 86
Darwin, Charles, 148–149, 282
Davies, Nick, 124–126, 129–130, 278
Delonas, Sean, 47–48, 49–50
Deng, Wendi. See Murdoch, Wendi Deng
Dhue, Laurie, 66–67
Dial M for Murdoch (Watson), 293
Diane Rehm Show program of NPR, 117
Digital textbooks, curriculums, and teacher training, 225
Digitalization
The Daily digital tablet publication, 279, 281
innovations promised at WSJ by Thomson, 292
print and digital subscribers combined by WSJ, 281
of Wireless Generation, 225
and WSJ’s paywall, 211, 215
Dinh, Viet, 123, 198, 208
Dole, Bob, 56, 252
Doocy, Steve, 73, 255
Dow Jones Company
CEO Les Hinton, 197, 214
ekes out profit, 279
purchased by R. Murdoch, 134, 210
Dowd, Matthew, 264
Dowler, Bob and Sally, 2–3
Dowler, Gemma, 2–3
Dowler, Milly
disappearance and murder, 2–8, 136
inconsistencies in story based on voice mail messages, 231–234
News of the World reporters listen to hacked voice mail, 136–137, 170–171
Dowler family settlement by News Corp, 241
Drudge Report, 64, 85
Dunleavy, Steve, 33–34, 41, 45, 52
Dunn, Anita, 83
Earnest, Josh, 83
East Anglia University, UK, faculty emails hacked, 97–98
Edmondson, Ian, 160, 162, 293
Education. See Amplify; Educational software contract with New York State; Wireless Generation
Educational software contract with New York State, 225, 238
Elections
2000, presidential, 61–62
2008, presidential, 69–72, 75–78, 217–218
2010, congressional, 113–114
2012, presidential, 252–259, 261–265
Elizabeth II, queen of England, 169
Elliott, Jennifer, 30
Ellis, John, 61
Enders, Claire, 154, 289
Enough (Williams), 117
Entertainment and media conglomerate. See Fox Group
Esquire magazine, 54–55
Eyes on the Prize (Williams), 103
Fairfax Media in Australia, 15, 18, 96, 100, 271
Falkland Islands conflict, 24–25
Family Guy television program, 53
Farhi, Paul, 230
Farrelly, Paul, 243–244
FBI, 44, 195
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 195–196, 287, 291
Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 196, 208, 267–268, 293
Feinberg, Kenneth, 82–83
Fenwick, Lex, 292
Ferraro, Geraldine, 41, 59
The Five television program, 250, 259
Flamm, Matthew, 70
Flat Earth News (Davies), 125
“For Neville” email, 187, 206, 209, 239, 242
Fort Hood shootings (2009), 215
Fox & Friends television program, 73, 75, 254, 255
Fox Broadcasting television network, 51–54
Fox Business Network, 68, 233, 237, 250, 279
Fox Group, 279, 290, 292
Fox Nation, 247
Fox News
Beck removed, 248–250
becomes part of Fox Group, 292
blocked from White House, 82–84
capitalizes on NPR’s termination of Juan Williams, 104, 111–117
climate change coverage studied, 97
created by Ailes, 53–59
depicts Obama as ineligible socialist foreigner, 75–78
immigration, 247–248, 263–264
Nazi name-calling, 116
persists with misinformation on Obama’s birth, religion, 75–78, 87–88
post-election (2008) ratings soar, 77–78
PR department (see Fox News public relations department)
pro-Iraq war stance, 44, 65
shapes currents for conservatives, referees party fights, 2, 252–259
2012 election predictions and commentaries, 256–259, 261–265
Fox News anchors, 55–56, 64–66, 70–71, 79–81, 84–86
Fox News Latino, 247–248
Fox News public relations department
counters criticism with put-downs, pro-Fox rants, 65–67
political maneuvering, 60–61
positioning of election 2000 results, 61
Rivera’s erroneous report, 62–65
targets, punishes, reporters for critical stories, 70–74
Fox News Sunday television program, 66, 81–82
Fox Sports, 10, 53–54, 278, 280, 292
Fox Sports Australia, 10, 280
Fox Studios
becomes part of Fox Group, 292
Coogan appears in movies after hacking, 140
embeds environmental messages into movies, 93
Sydney Showground deal, 14, 22, 51
FoxTel Australia cable TV provider, 14, 17, 280
Fraser, Malcolm, 21
Freud, Matthew, 47, 114–115, 145, 237, 284
Frum, David, 264
FX cable channel, 144, 278, 279
Gallipoli, World War I battle, 11–12, 32
Gawker website, 49
George, Robert, 45
Gigot, Paul, 230
Gillard, Julia, 19, 22, 95, 135
Gingrich, Newt, 252, 253–254, 258–259
Ginsberg, Gary, 48, 50
Giuliani, Rudolph, 58
Global climate change
and carbon neutrality positions of Rupert Murdoch, 92–96, 101
research on Australian newspaper coverage, 89–101
Global warming. See Global climate change
Good Morning America television program, 168
Goodman, Clive
accusations known by Crone, Hinton, Myler, 238
convicted, 166
reveals News of the World executives support hacking, 121–122, 191, 234
writes article based on hacked information, 119
Gordon, David, 31, 142
Gordon, Michael, 101
Gore, Al, 61, 92, 97, 115
Gossip features in Murdoch papers, 43, 44–45, 52, 66–67
Gossip websites, 49, 70–71, 72
Gove, Michael, 153
Government regulations and intervention
assailed in MacTaggart speeches, 148–149
attacked by Fox News, 78–79, 82
BBC licensing fee supported by E. Murdoch, 284
British regulations on press, 29
resented, hated, by R. Murdoch, 95, 101, 102, 141–142, 196
and self-regulatory proposals of
Leveson Inquiry, 288
See also OfCom
Grant, Hugh, 130, 139, 184, 286
Green Party of Australia, 22, 90, 93–94, 96
Greenslade, Roy, 24, 172
Groundhog Day movie, 242
Grueskin, William, 215–216, 290
The Guardian
about, 26, 124–125
celebrities targeted for hacking by News of the World, 160, 204
collaborates with New York Times on News International criminal activities, 129–131
exposes News International’s hacking and corruption of police, 148, 165–166, 171–172, 187–188
opposes News Corp takeover of BSkyB, 154, 162
publishes Milly Dowler story and phone hacking, 136–138, 178, 277–278
reports News International’s secret payment to Taylor, 166, 173, 243
reveals Sunday Times blagging of Gordon Brown, 244
Guzman, Sandra, 45, 47
Hack (Johnson), 182
Hacking of email messages
of East Anglia University, UK, faculty, 97–98
revealed in Leveson Inquiry, 244
by Sky News, 272
Hacking of phone voice mail messages
celebrities targeted by News of the World, 160
of Dowlers by News of the World, 3, 136–137, 178
investigators Davies and Lewis, 124–126
list of targets, 138–139, 173
method used by hackers, 120–121
Hall, Ross, 126
Hamill, Pete, 52
Hamilton, Clive, 89–93
Hannity, Sean, 56, 76, 78, 97, 112, 263–265
Harding, James, 230, 237, 293–294
HarperCollins Australia, 10–11, 16, 140
HarperCollins Publishers, 44, 54, 146, 278, 280
Hart, Sol, 97
Hartigan, John, 15–16
Hayman, Andrew, 171–174
Heekin-Canedy, Scott, 220
Helms, Jesse, 113
Herald Sun, Melbourne, 10, 11, 100, 297
Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster, 25
Hinton, Les
introduced, 4, 9–10
accused of misleading Parliament, 197
as CEO of Dow Jones, 197, 214
fires, pays off, Goodman, 121
asked to resign from WSJ, Dow Jones, News Corp, 198, 228–229
Hoare, Sean, 229
Holocaust, 100, 116
Howard, John, 16, 22, 90, 100
Hughes, Simon, 125, 156
Hume, Brit, 56–57, 70–71, 77, 104, 262, 264
Hunt, Jeremy, 152, 153–157, 159–160, 162–163, 193
Huntsman, Jon, Sr., 265
Hurricane Sandy or Superstorm Sandy (2012), 255, 261–262
Hytner, Jim, 143–144
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (Coogan), 140
Immigration, 247–248, 263
An Inconvenient Truth documentary film (Gore), 92, 97
Independent newspaper, 26, 152–153, 181, 284
India Star TV, 146, 278
Ingrassia, Lawrence, 234
Inside Washington television program, 113
Iraq, invasion and occupation of, 21, 22, 43–44, 65, 69, 105
Isaacson, Walter, 294
Israel, 56, 114–116, 249, 270
ITV, 154, 284, 285
Jacobs, Lawrence, 188–190
Jaspan, Andrew, 15, 22, 32–33
Jay, Robert, 273–276
Jenkins, Simon, 27, 184
Johnson, Alan, 138
Johnson, Boris, 139, 160
Johnson, Graham, 31, 182
Johnson, Ian, 213, 216, 223
Johnson, Richard, 45
Kantor, Anne Murdoch (sister), 91
Katz, Ian, 130, 131
Kavanagh, Trevor, 151, 268
Keating, Paul, 15, 22
Keller, Bill, 73, 130, 219
Kelly, Megyn, 84–86, 112, 261, 262–263
Kelner, Simon, 152–153, 181–182
Kemp, Ross, 36, 186
Keneally, Thomas, 32
Kennedy, Ted, 196
Kiernan, Thomas, 41
Kilgore, Barney, 211, 215, 217
King, Peter, 111, 195
Klein, Joel
background, 123, 201–202
culls hackers in tabloids with internal investigations, 236
establishes technology-based education division (Amplify), 225, 278, 281, 292–293
gives full disclosure to Scotland Yard and US feds, 267–268
oversees management and standards committee (MSC), 190, 198, 208
Kuttner, Stuart, 121
Labor Party of Australia, 21–22, 94, 96, 100
Latino/Hispanic demographics and Fox News, 247–248
Law, Jude, 204, 208
LeCompte, Jenni, 82–83
Leveson, Brian, 244. See also Leveson Inquiry
Leveson Inquiry
investigates illegal payments to public officials, 244–245
R. Murdoch’s testimony, 273–276
releases emails suggesting Brooks knew of Mulcaire pay off, 269
reveals Goodman payment by News of the World, 234
final report proposes tighter form of self-regulation, 286–289
Lewis, Brian, 60, 65–66, 67, 73–74
Lewis, Mark
as Dowlers’ lawyer, 5–6, 137
represents Gordon Taylor against News International, 125–126, 128–129, 131–133
Lewis, Will, 5, 181, 190, 267–268, 294
Limbaugh, Rush, 54, 259
Lipstadt, Deborah, 116
Llenas, Bryan, 248
London bus and subway bombings (July 7, 2005), 138, 172
Los Angeles Times, 167, 290–291
Luntz, Frank, 112
Lyndon, John, 170–171
Maberly, Mark, 132
MacFadyen, Kate, 16
MacKenzie, Kelvin, 24–26, 273
Macmillan, Harold, 182
MacPherson, Elle, 125
MacTaggart Lectures given by various Murdochs, 147–150, 282–284
Mahmood, Mazher, 182–183
Major, John, 139, 150, 273, 275
The Man Who Owns the News (Wolff), 48–50
Management and Standards
Committee (MSC) of News
Corp, 190, 198, 208
Manchester United soccer team, 139, 144, 154–155
Manne, Robert, 19, 22–23, 99–100
Married with Children television program, 53
Marshall, Thurgood, 103–104
Martin, Laura, 240
Martin, Michel, 85
Marunchak, Alex, 169
Mate culture (mateship) of tabloids, 8, 31–33, 45, 208
May-Bowles, Jonathan, 207
Mayne, Stephen, 11, 13–14, 241
McCain, John, 47, 69, 76, 252
McFarland, Kathleen T., 250–252
McManaman, Steve, 31
McMullan, Paul, 28–31, 169, 175
McVeigh, Timothy, 108
Media Matters, 97–98
Mendelsohn, Mark, 208
Mensch, Louise, 204–205, 239, 293
Mercury Arts, 248, 249
Metropolitan Police. See Police; Scotland Yard
Michel, Frederic
on Cameron–Murdoch socializing, 177
in close contact with Hunt, 178
orchestrates BSkyB deal, 152–154, 155–157, 160–162
reacts to Millie Dowler hacking scandal, 181
Miliband, Ed, 177, 180, 289
Miller, Sienna, 133, 139, 160, 204
Milly Dowler disappearance, murder, and phone hacking. See Dowler, Milly
Minow, Nell, 240
Mitchell, Chris, 21, 23, 89–90, 93–94
Mockridge, Tom, 293
Moody, John, 55, 66
Morgan, Piers, 34, 204–205
Morning Edition program of NPR, 117
Morris, Dick, 258–259, 264–265
Mosley, Max, 206–207
MSNBC, 54, 66, 69–72, 77, 247, 264
Mukasey, Michael, 208
Mulcaire, Glenn
background, 119–120
convicted with Goodman (2007), 166
investigated, 238
list of hacking targets, 173
receives payments from News of the World, 120, 121–122, 269
set to stand trial, 293
Murdoch, Anna Torv (second wife), 13, 49, 147
Murdoch, Chloe (daughter of Wendi Deng), 147
Murdoch, Dame Elisabeth (mother)
as Australian philanthropist, 10, 14, 16–17
background and perspective on son Rupert, 295–297
death of, 295
supports carbon tax, 100–101
Murdoch, Elisabeth (daughter) background, 5
blames J. Murdoch for damage to News International, 237
as BSkyB executive, 143–144
leads Fox network to ratings successes, 136
raises money for Obama, 47, 76
repudiates R. Murdoch values, 282–284
sells Shine to R. Murdoch, 134–135
Murdoch, Grace (daughter of Wendi Deng), 147
Murdoch, James
attempts media domination with BSkyB takeover, 156–157, 161–162
authorizes Taylor lawsuit settlement, 239
background, 4–5, 47, 92, 134, 145–146
deputy chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox, 292
disengages from UK, News International, 242, 269
gives MacTaggart Lecture (2009), 147–149
hacking scandal leads to shutting down News of the World, 183
knows of voice mail hacking, 127, 128–129, 204, 206, 209
succession questioned due to scandal, 237–238
testifies before parliamentary committee, 226, 236, 242–244
Murdoch, Kathryn Hufschmid (James’s wife), 92, 237
Murdoch, Keith Arthur (father), 6, 11–13, 295–297, 300
Murdoch, Lachlan
attends mother’s memorial service, 297
background, 5
chairs Network Ten, 17, 100
placed in charge of Australian, American, media, 44
resigns from News Corp, refuses post to new News Corp, 143–144, 280–282, 292
Murdoch, Patricia Booker (first wife), 13
Murdoch, Patrick (grandfather), 11, 12
Murdoch, Prudence (daughter), 13, 49, 143
Murdoch, Rupert
climate change stance ambiguous, 89, 92–96, 101
marriages, 13, 49, 146, 147, 232, 299
strategy for surviving hacking scandal, protecting Brooks, 183–185, 188–190, 192
testifies before parliamentary committee and Leveson Inquiry, 201–207, 273–276
youth, parentage, early newspaper experience, 6, 10–14, 295–298
Murdoch, Sarah (Lachlan’s wife), 297
Murdoch, Wendi Deng (third wife)
background, 48–49
daughters share in family trust, 147
marries R. Murdoch, 146, 232
with R. Murdoch at parliamentary hearing on hacking, 201
R. Murdoch files for divorce from, 299
supports Obama, 76
Murray, Alan, 228
Muslims and Juan Williams controversy, 108, 111, 118
Muzzled (Williams), 117
Myler, Colin
discloses J. Murdoch’s knowledge of “For Neville” email, 209
as editor of New York Daily News, 294–295
replaces Coulson as News of the World editor, 121, 233
and secret payment to Taylor with J. Murdoch’s approval, 127–129
testifies before parliamentary hearing on hacking, 238–239
testimony deemed misleading, 277
MySpace, 135, 240
National Enquirer, 27, 40, 168
National Public Radio (NPR)
Juan Williams termination, ramifications, 102–114, 117–118