Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history. There is no possible argument about his boldness, vision and skill of execution in conquering the British tabloid market, leading vertical media integration by uniting film studios and television stations, cracking the US television triopoly, being one of the great pioneers of satellite television and founding a conservative-populist American news network. (It was to reduce News Corp’s dependence on Roger Ailes’ Tea Party Fox News Network that he was so eager to spend £12bn buying all the shares in BSkyB and laying hands on all its income.) It must also be admitted that the Wall St Journal is the only quality product Mr Murdoch has ever bought and actually improved.
鲁珀特•默多克(Rupert Murdoch)也许是史上最成功的媒体所有者和经营者。没有人能够怀疑默多克的果敢、远见和执行手腕：他征服了英国小报市场，通过整合制片厂和电视台实现媒体的垂直整合，打破了三大台垄断美国电视业的局面，是卫星电视领域伟大的先驱者之一，还创立了一个偏向保守-民粹主义观点的美国新闻台——默多克之所以急于用120亿美元全资收购英国天空广播(BSkyB)，就是为了减少新闻集团(News Corp)对福克斯新闻频道(Fox News)的依赖，后者由罗杰•艾尔斯(Roger Ailes)领导，支持茶党(Tea Party)。同时，必须承认的是，《华尔街日报》(Wall St Journal)是默多克迄今收购并且实际上改进的唯一高质素媒体。