Editing Rupert Murdoch (section)

===Books===
Murdoch and rival newspaper and publishing magnate [[Robert Maxwell]] are thinly fictionalised as "Keith Townsend" and "Richard Armstrong" in ''[[The Fourth Estate (novel)|The Fourth Estate]]'' (1996) by British novelist and former MP [[Jeffrey Archer]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/maxwell-vs-murdoch--the-untold-story-1346669.html | title = Maxwell vs Murdoch – the untold story | work = The Independent | date = 11 May 1996 | location = London | first = Hugo | last = Barnacle | access-date = 22 August 2017 | archive-date = 25 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925053313/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/maxwell-vs-murdoch--the-untold-story-1346669.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the novel ''Dunbar'' (2017) by [[Edward St Aubyn]] the eponymous lead character is at least partly inspired by Murdoch.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e5fe956-b7d9-11e7-bff8-f9946607a6ba | title=Dunbar by Edward St Aubyn — 'King Lear' with added gall | newspaper=Financial Times | date=27 October 2017 | access-date=20 September 2019 | archive-date=20 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920123218/https://www.ft.com/content/0e5fe956-b7d9-11e7-bff8-f9946607a6ba | url-status=live | last1=Dickson | first1=Andrew }}</ref>

''Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire'' (2023), by Walter Marsh, has been praised for the high quality of its research. It focuses on Murdoch as a child and young man, in particular his early career at ''The News'' in Adelaide and his relationship with the editor-in-chief [[Rohan Rivett]].<ref name="InDaily 2023 b141">{{cite web | title=Book review: Young Rupert|first=David |last=Washington | website=[[InDaily]] | date=3 August 2023 | url=https://www.indaily.com.au/arts-culture/books-and-poetry/2023/08/03/book-review-young-rupert | access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=johnson2023>{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Kurt | title=Book review: Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire by Walter Marsh | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=15 September 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/from-rupert-the-red-to-murdoch-the-magnate-the-appeal-of-power-20230911-p5e3py.html | access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=tiffen2023>{{cite web | last=Tiffen | first=Rodney | title=From the earliest years of his career, the young Rupert Murdoch ruthlessly pursued his interests | website=[[The Conversation (website)| The Conversation]] | date=17 August 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/from-the-earliest-years-of-his-career-the-young-rupert-murdoch-ruthlessly-pursued-his-interests-207829 | access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> Several commenters on the book remarked on Murdoch's embrace of socialism in his early years.<ref name=adams2023>{{cite web | last1=Adams | first1=Phillip|author1-link= Phillip Adams (writer) |first2=Walter| last2= Marsh| title=Best of LNL: Meet young Rupert Murdoch|format= audio (53m) + text | website=[[ABC listen]] | date=13 December 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/meet-young-rupert-murdoch-the-radical-lefty/103192888 | access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Marsh | first=Walter | title=Rupert Murdoch was a socialist before he built Fox News, reveals new biography 'Young Rupert, the Making of the Murdoch Empire' by Walter Marsh | website=[[Australian Financial Review]] | date=6 September 2023 | url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/rupert-murdoch-was-a-socialist-before-he-built-fox-news-20230906-p5e2ev | access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><!---all of these articles good sources for early part of the article too--->