Friday, September 30, 2011
ruperts testimony
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/video/rupert-murdoch-hacking-testimony-headlines-14108625 rupert explaining something and almost got smacked in the face with a whipped cream pie.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Allen Neuharth
Al Neuharth is the founder and senior advisory chairman of the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The Freedom Forum funds and operates the Newseum, the First Amendment Center and the Diversity Institute.
Neuharth was chairman of the Freedom Forum from 1986 to 1997, and was a trustee of the foundation and its predecessor, the Gannett Foundation, from 1965 to 1999.
He is founder of the nation's most widely read newspaper, USA TODAY, and former chairman and chief executive officer of Gannett Co.
Neuharth has authored eight books. His autobiography, Confessions of an S.O.B., had a long run on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. The hardcover book had five printings by Doubleday. World paperback rights were sold and the book has been translated into five foreign languages.
He writes a weekly column for the domestic and international editions of USA TODAY called "Plain Talk." It also appears in other newspapers.
Neuharth was born on March 22, 1924, in Eureka, S.D. At age 11, he took his first job as a newspaper carrier and later as a youth worked in the composing room at the weekly Alpena (S.D.) Journal. After graduating from Alpena High School, he served as a combat infantryman in World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
After the war, Neuharth attended the University of South Dakota, where he majored in journalism. When he graduated in 1950, he joined The Associated Press in Sioux Falls, S.D., as a reporter.
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=4025
Neuharth was chairman of the Freedom Forum from 1986 to 1997, and was a trustee of the foundation and its predecessor, the Gannett Foundation, from 1965 to 1999.
He is founder of the nation's most widely read newspaper, USA TODAY, and former chairman and chief executive officer of Gannett Co.
Neuharth has authored eight books. His autobiography, Confessions of an S.O.B., had a long run on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. The hardcover book had five printings by Doubleday. World paperback rights were sold and the book has been translated into five foreign languages.
He writes a weekly column for the domestic and international editions of USA TODAY called "Plain Talk." It also appears in other newspapers.
Neuharth was born on March 22, 1924, in Eureka, S.D. At age 11, he took his first job as a newspaper carrier and later as a youth worked in the composing room at the weekly Alpena (S.D.) Journal. After graduating from Alpena High School, he served as a combat infantryman in World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
After the war, Neuharth attended the University of South Dakota, where he majored in journalism. When he graduated in 1950, he joined The Associated Press in Sioux Falls, S.D., as a reporter.
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=4025
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. His father was a famous war correspondent and newspaper publisher. Murdoch inherited his father's papers, the Sunday Mail and The News, and continued to purchase other media (born March 11, 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Australian-born newspaper publisher and media entrepreneur, founder and head of the global media holding company the News Corporation Ltd., which governed News Limited (Australia), News International (U.K.), and News America Holdings Inc. (U.S.). Murdoch's corporate interests centred on newspaper, magazine, book, and electronic publishing; television broadcasting; and film and video production, principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. 
http://www.biography.com/people/rupert-murdoch-9418489
http://www.biography.com/people/rupert-murdoch-9418489
Ted Turner
Ted Turner is an American media mogul and philanthropist. Early in Turner's career, he took Atlanta's independent UHF television station from financial troubles to profit in three years. He went on to found CNN and TNT. In 1986, he bought MGM/UA. Six years later, he created Cartoon Network and purchased New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment. He has given $1 billion to support UN causes born Nov. 19, 1938, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) broadcasting entrepreneur and sportsman who became a major figure in American business in the late 20th century.
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