Editing Rupert Murdoch (section)

== Activities in the United States ==
[[File:President Reagan meets with Rupert Murdoch and Roy Cohn at the White House 1983.jpg|right|thumb|Murdoch (seated center), [[Roy Cohn]], [[Reagan]], [[Oval Office]], 1983|alt=Murdoch and Roy Cohn meeting with Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1983]]
Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]''. In 1974, Murdoch moved to New York City, to expand into the US market; however, he retained interests in Australia and Britain. Soon afterwards, he founded ''[[Star Magazine|Star]]'', a [[supermarket tabloid]], and in 1976, he purchased the ''[[New York Post]]''.<ref name="Witzel" /> On 4 September 1985, Murdoch became a naturalized citizen to satisfy the legal requirement that only US citizens were permitted to own US television stations.<ref name="Witzel" />

In March 1984, [[Marvin Davis]] sold [[Marc Rich]]'s interest in [[20th Century Fox]] to Murdoch for $250 million due to Rich's trade deals with [[Iran]], which were sanctioned by the US at the time. Davis later backed out of a deal with Murdoch to purchase [[John Kluge]]'s Metromedia television stations.<ref name="Wolff2010" /> Rupert Murdoch bought the stations by himself, without Marvin Davis, and later bought out Davis's remaining stake in Fox for $325 million.<ref name="Wolff2010">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Wolff|author-link=Michael Wolff (journalist)|title=The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWleLGIrwBcC&pg=PT167|access-date=19 February 2012|date=5 May 2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4090-8679-6|pages=167–|archive-date=30 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530030036/http://books.google.com/books?id=ZWleLGIrwBcC&pg=PT167|url-status=live}}</ref> The six television stations owned by [[Metromedia]] formed the nucleus of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], founded on 9 October 1986, which later had great success with programs including ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The X-Files]]''.<ref name="Witzel" />

In 1986, Murdoch bought [[Misty Mountain]], a [[Wallace Neff]] designed house on Angelo Drive in [[Beverly Hills]]. The house was the former residence of [[Jules C. Stein]]. Murdoch sold the house to his son [[James Murdoch|James]] in 2018.<ref name=Variety>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/rupert-murdoch-sells-bevhills-estate-to-son-james-1201448811/|title=Rupert Murdoch Sells BevHills Estate to Son James|date=20 March 2015|first=Mark|last=David|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904214959/https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/rupert-murdoch-sells-bevhills-estate-to-son-james-1201448811/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1987, Murdoch created his global television special, the World Music Video Awards, a special music ceremony award where winners were chosen by viewers in eight countries.<ref name="UPI">{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/01/10/All-star-lineup-set-for-World-Music-Video-Awards/5048537253200/|title=All-star lineup set for World Music Video Awards|publisher=[[UPI]]|date=10 January 1987|access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> In Australia, during 1987, he bought [[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]]., the company that his father had once managed.
Rupert Murdoch's [[20th Century Fox]] bought out the remaining assets of [[Four Star Television]] from [[Ronald Perelman]]'s [[Compact Video]] in 1996.<ref name="Ron Perelman's Sale of Four Star">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-18-fi-25297-story.html|title=Perelman's Not Out of the Game Just Yet|newspaper=[[L.A. Times]]|date=18 July 1996|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923075050/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-07-18/business/fi-25297_1_perelman|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of [[Four Star Television]]'s library of programs are controlled by [[20th Century Fox Television]] today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://time.com/photography/life/|title=LIFE – TIME|access-date=4 March 2018|via=time.com|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227063556/http://time.com/photography/life/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Oct_7/ai_92526318/ | work=Business Wire | title=OBIT/Hollywood Producer and Novelist David B. Charnay Dies at Age 90 | date=7 October 2002 | access-date=15 November 2017 | archive-date=13 February 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213000111/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Oct_7/ai_92526318 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-06-me-charnay6-story.html | work=The Los Angeles Times | title=David Charnay, 90; Journalist, Publicist and TV Syndicator | first=Dennis | last=McLellan | date=6 October 2002 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-date=9 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809073454/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/06/local/me-charnay6 | url-status=live }}</ref> After Murdoch's numerous buyouts during the [[Leveraged buyout#1980s|buyout era]] of the eighties, News Corporation had built up financial debts of $7 billion (much from Sky TV in the UK), despite the many assets that were held by NewsCorp.<ref name="Witzel" /> The high levels of debt caused Murdoch to sell many of the American magazine interests he had acquired in the mid-1980s.

In 1993, Murdoch's [[Fox Network]] took exclusive coverage of the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from [[CBS]] and increased programming to seven days a week.<ref>''Rupert Murdoch: News Corporation Magnate'' (2011) Sue Vander Hook. ABDO Publishing {{ISBN|1-61714-782-6}} pp78-9</ref> In 1995, Fox became the object of scrutiny from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC), when it was alleged that News Ltd.'s Australian base made Murdoch's ownership of Fox illegal. However, the FCC ruled in Murdoch's favour, stating that his ownership of Fox was in the best interests of the public. That same year, Murdoch announced a deal with [[MCI Communications]] to develop a major news website and magazine, ''[[The Weekly Standard]]''. Also that year, News Corporation launched the [[Foxtel]] pay television network in Australia in partnership with [[Telstra]]. In 1996, Murdoch decided to enter the cable news market with the [[Fox News Channel]], a [[24-hour news cycle|24-hour]] [[cable news]] station. Ratings studies released in 2009 showed that the network was responsible for nine of the top ten programs in the "Cable News" category at that time.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/fox-news-claims-9-of-top_n_181878.html "Fox News Claims 9 Of Top 10 Cable News Programs In Q1" 1 April 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914093626/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/fox-news-claims-9-of-top_n_181878.html |date=14 September 2016 }} ''Huffington Post''</ref> Rupert Murdoch and [[Ted Turner]] (founder and former owner of CNN) are long-standing rivals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/25/newscorporation.pressandpublishing |title=Turner: Murdoch is a 'warmonger' |work=The Guardian |date=25 April 2003 |access-date=24 April 2012 |location=London |archive-date=27 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827012644/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/25/newscorporation.pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref> In late 2003, Murdoch acquired a 34% stake in [[Hughes Electronics]], the operator of the largest American satellite TV system, [[DirecTV]], from [[General Motors]] for $6&nbsp;billion (USD).<ref name="Rupert Murdoch 2011 p88" /> His Fox movie studio had global hits with ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' and ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''.<ref>''Rupert Murdoch: News Corporation Magnate'' (2011) Sue Vander Hook. ABDO Publishing {{ISBN|1-61714-782-6}} p93</ref>

In 2004, Murdoch announced that he was moving News Corporation headquarters from Adelaide, Australia to the United States. Choosing a US domicile was designed to ensure that American fund managers could purchase shares in the company, since many were deciding not to buy shares in non-US companies.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/business/media/murdoch-plans-to-move-news-corp-to-us.html |title=Murdoch Plans to Move News Corp. To U.S. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 April 2004 |access-date=26 September 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613141945/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/business/media/murdoch-plans-to-move-news-corp-to-us.html |url-status=live |last1=Gilpin |first1=Kenneth N. }}</ref>

[[File:News Corp. logo.svg|thumb|right|News Corporation logo]]
On 20 July 2005, News Corporation bought [[Intermix Media]] Inc., which held [[Myspace]], [[Imagine Games Network]] and other social networking-themed websites, for US$580&nbsp;million, making Murdoch a major player in online media concerns.<ref>{{cite news|title=News Corp in $580m internet buy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4695495.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=29 August 2010|date=19 July 2005|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601150710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4695495.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2011, it sold off Myspace for US$35 million.<ref>Fixmer, Andy, [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-29/news-corp-calls-quits-on-myspace-with-specific-media-sale.html "News Corp. Calls Quits on Myspace With Specific Media Sale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701104739/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-29/news-corp-calls-quits-on-myspace-with-specific-media-sale.html |date=1 July 2011 }}, ''Business Week'', 29 June 2011</ref> On 11 September 2005, News Corporation announced that it would buy [[IGN]] Entertainment for $650&nbsp;million (USD).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2005/id20050911_550700.htm | title = News Corp. Acquires IGN for $650&nbsp;Million | work = BusinessWeek | date = 11 September 2005 | access-date = 25 April 2010 | archive-date = 4 November 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051104024942/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2005/id20050911_550700.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In May 2007, Murdoch made a $5&nbsp;billion offer to purchase [[Dow Jones & Company]]. At the time, the [[Bancroft family]], who had owned Dow Jones & Company for 105 years and controlled 64% of the shares at the time, declined the offer. Later, the Bancroft family confirmed a willingness to consider a sale. Besides Murdoch, the [[Associated Press]] reported that supermarket magnate [[Ron Burkle]] and Internet entrepreneur [[Brad Greenspan]] were among the other interested parties.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-07-10-542478622_x.htm "Burkle, Web Exec Might Team on Dow"] ''USA Today''</ref> In 2007, Murdoch acquired Dow Jones & Company,<ref>{{cite news |last= Litterick |first= David |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/01/bcndow101.xml |title= Report of acquisition |work= The Daily Telegraph |location= London |date= 1 August 2007 |access-date= 25 April 2010 |archive-date= 12 June 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080612060502/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fmoney%2F2007%2F08%2F01%2Fbcndow101.xml |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Day to Day |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12421598 |title=Marketplace Report: Murdoch's Big Buy |newspaper = NPR.org|publisher=NPR |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-date=10 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610211605/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12421598 |url-status=live }}</ref> which gave him such publications as ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Barron's Magazine]]'', the ''[[Far Eastern Economic Review]]'' (based in Hong Kong) and ''[[SmartMoney]]''.<ref>''Rupert Murdoch: News Corporation Magnate'' (2011) Sue Vander Hook. ABDO Publishing {{ISBN|1-61714-782-6}} p92</ref>

In June 2014, Murdoch's 21st Century Fox made a bid for [[Time Warner]] at $85 per share in stock and cash ($80 billion total) which Time Warner's board of directors turned down in July. Warner's [[CNN]] unit would have been sold to ease antitrust issues of the purchase.<ref>{{cite news|last1=SORKIN|first1=ANDREW ROSS|last2=DE LA MERCED|first2=MICHAEL J.|title=Rupert Murdoch Is Rebuffed in Offer for Time Warner|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/rupert-murdoch-said-to-have-made-offer-for-time-warner/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-dealbook&seid=auto&_r=0|access-date=16 July 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 July 2014|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726123809/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/rupert-murdoch-said-to-have-made-offer-for-time-warner/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-dealbook&seid=auto&_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 August 2014 the company announced it had withdrawn its offer for Time Warner, and said it would spend $6 billion buying back its own shares over the following 12 months.<ref name="FoxCNN">{{cite news|title=Murdoch withdraws bid to acquire Time Warner|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-fox-idUSKBN0G529X20140805|access-date=7 August 2014|work=Reuters|archive-date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806193541/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-time-warner-fox-idUSKBN0G529X20140805|url-status=live}}</ref>

Murdoch left his post as CEO of [[21st Century Fox]] in 2015 but continued to own the company until it [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|was purchased]] by [[Disney]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2015/06/11/rupert-murdoch-keeps-it-in-the-family-sons-james-and-lachlan-to-take-over-fox/#2715e4857a0bf1ca3b3a2d11|title=Rupert Murdoch To Step Down As Fox CEO As Sons James And Lachlan Consolidate Control|date=11 June 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102515/http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2015/06/11/rupert-murdoch-keeps-it-in-the-family-sons-james-and-lachlan-to-take-over-fox/#2715e4857a0bf1ca3b3a2d11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Faber |first=David |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/11/rupert-murdoch-preparing-to-step-down-as-ceo-from-21st-century-fox.html?trknav=homestack%3Atopnews%3A2 |title=Rupert Murdoch preparing to step down as CEO from 21st Century Fox |website=CNBC |date=11 June 2015 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820160934/http://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/11/rupert-murdoch-preparing-to-step-down-as-ceo-from-21st-century-fox.html?trknav=homestack%3Atopnews%3A2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b393209e-0a2a-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43|title=Fox's bid for Sky: what happens now? (subscription required)|website=Financial Times|date=16 March 2017|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200521/https://www.ft.com/content/b393209e-0a2a-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43|url-status=live|last1=Bond|first1=David}}</ref> A number of television broadcasting assets were spun off into the [[Fox Corporation]] before the acquisition and are still owned by Murdoch. This includes [[Fox News]], of which Murdoch was acting CEO from 2016 until 2019, following the resignation of [[Roger Ailes]] due to accusations of sexual harassment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.21cf.com/news/21st-century-fox/2016/roger-ailes-resigns-chairman-and-ceo-fox-news-channel|title=Roger Ailes Resigns as Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman Fox Television Stations {{!}} 21st Century Fox {{!}} News|website=www.21cf.com|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-date=21 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721215810/https://www.21cf.com/news/21st-century-fox/2016/roger-ailes-resigns-chairman-and-ceo-fox-news-channel|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Forbes" />

Murdoch considered merging News Corp and Fox Corporation, but in January 2023 announced to the board that he had withdrawn the idea, stating the that he and his son Lachlan had "determined that a combination [was] not optimal for shareholders of News Corp and FOX" at that time. The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of News Corp that had been set up to investigate the matter was dissolved.<ref>{{cite web | title=Announcement by News Corp's Board of Directors on Potential Combination with Fox Corporation | website=News Corp | date=24 January 2023 | url=https://newscorp.com/2023/01/24/announcement-by-news-corps-board-of-directors-on-potential-combination-with-fox-corporation/ | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> In September 2023, Rupert Murdoch retired, and handed over the leadership of his businesses to his eldest son Lachlan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lachlan Murdoch prend la suite de son père Rupert Murdoch, mais toujours sous le contrôle du magnat |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2023/09/22/comme-dans-la-serie-succession-lachlan-murdoch-prend-la-suite-du-magnat-rupert-murdoch-mais-toujours-sous-le-controle-de-son-pere_6190498_3234.html |website=le monde|date=22 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/business/media/rupert-murdoch-fox-retire.html|title=Rupert Murdoch to Retire From Fox and News Corporation Boards|work=[[New York Times]]|date=21 September 2023 |last1=Rutenberg |first1=Jim }}</ref>

=== Political activities in the United States ===
[[File:President John F. Kennedy Visits with Rupert Murdoch, Publisher of News Ltd. of Australia.jpg|thumb|right|Murdoch (right) with President [[John F. Kennedy]] and Zell Rabin in the [[Oval Office]] in 1961]]
[[File:President Ronald Reagan with Rupert Murdoch and Charles Wick.jpg|thumb|President [[Ronald Reagan]] during a meeting with Murdoch in the [[Oval Office]] in 1983]]
McKnight (2010) identifies four characteristics of his media operations: [[free market]] ideology; unified positions on matters of public policy; global editorial meetings; and opposition to [[media bias|liberal bias in other public media]].<ref name="autogenerated303">{{cite journal | first = David | last = McKnight | title = Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation: A media institution with a mission | journal = Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television | date = Sep 2010 | volume = 30 | issue = 3 | pages = 303–16 | doi = 10.1080/01439685.2010.505021| s2cid = 143050487 }}</ref>

In ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Ken Auletta]] writes that Murdoch's support for [[Edward I. Koch]] while he was running for mayor of New York "spilled over onto the news pages of [[New York Post|the Post]], with the paper regularly publishing glowing stories about Koch and sometimes savage accounts of his four primary opponents."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken |title=Promises, Promises |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/02/promises-promises-2 |access-date=26 April 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=25 June 2007 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111024350/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/02/promises-promises-2 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Ronald Reagan]]'s campaign team credited Murdoch and the Post for his victory in New York in the [[1980 United States presidential election]].<ref name=Reagan /> Reagan later "waived a prohibition against owning a television station and a newspaper in the same market," allowing Murdoch to continue to control ''The New York Post'' and ''[[The Boston Herald]]'' while expanding into television.

On 8 May 2006, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' reported that Murdoch would be hosting a fund-raiser for Senator [[Hillary Clinton]]'s ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-New York) [[2006 United States Senate election in New York|Senate re-election]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/61faabde-deb8-11da-acee-0000779e2340.html |location=US & Canada |title=Murdoch to host fundraiser for Hillary Clinton |work=Financial Times |date=8 May 2006 |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007010810/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/61faabde-deb8-11da-acee-0000779e2340.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2008 interview with [[Walt Mossberg]], Murdoch was asked whether he had "anything to do with the ''[[New York Post]]''{{'}}s endorsement of [[Barack Obama]] in the democratic primaries". Without hesitating, Murdoch replied, "Yeah. He is a rock star. It's fantastic. I love what he is saying about education. I don't think he will win Florida [...] but he will win in [[Ohio]] and the [[2008 US presidential election|election]]. I am anxious to meet him. I want to see if he will walk the walk."<ref>{{cite web | first = Andrew | last = Sullivan | work = The Atlantic | url = http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/murdoch-on-mcca.html | title = The Daily Dish | date = 29 May 2008 | access-date = 25 April 2010 | archive-date = 8 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100308045002/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/murdoch-on-mcca.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-rosen/rupert-murdoch-says-obama_b_104018.html | first = Hilary | last = Rosen | title = Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win | work = Huffington Post | location = US | access-date = 25 April 2010 | date = 5 June 2008 | archive-date = 23 May 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100523075224/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-rosen/rupert-murdoch-says-obama_b_104018.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2010, News Corporation gave US$1 million to the [[Republican Governors Association]] and $1 million to the [[US Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/news-corp-donates-1-million-to-anti-democrat-group | title = News Corp. Donates $1&nbsp;million to U.S. Chamber of Commerce | work = The New York Times | date = 1 October 2010 | access-date = 10 October 2010 | first = Jim | last = Rutenberg | archive-date = 7 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007042937/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/news-corp-donates-1-million-to-anti-democrat-group/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/10/rupert_murdochs_news_corp_dona.html | title = Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. donates $1M to U.S. Chamber of Commerce | work = [[The Plain Dealer]] | date = 2 October 2010 | access-date = 10 October 2010 | archive-date = 12 November 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101112204128/http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/10/rupert_murdochs_news_corp_dona.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101007/el_yblog_upshot/murdoch-says-kasich-friendship-influenced-1-mil-donation |title=Murdoch says Kasich friendship influenced $1&nbsp;million donation |work=Yahoo! News |date=7 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109191522/http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101007/el_yblog_upshot/murdoch-says-kasich-friendship-influenced-1-mil-donation |archive-date=9 November 2010 }}</ref> Murdoch also served on the board of directors of the [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] [[Cato Institute]].<ref>{{Cite book | url = http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/cpr-19n6-10.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100903063356/http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/cpr-19n6-10.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 September 2010 | contribution = Murdoch Joins Board of Directors | publisher = Cato | title = Policy report | df = dmy-all | access-date = 6 November 2010 }}</ref> Murdoch is also a supporter of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kuperinsky |first=Amy |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/01/etta_james_sopa_obama_twitter.html |title=Trending: SOPA, PIPA, Obama, Etta and stuff girls say-a |website=NJ.com |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-date=25 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825074057/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/01/etta_james_sopa_obama_twitter.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Murdoch was reported in 2011 as advocating more [[open immigration]] policies in [[western nations]] generally.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adegoke |first=Yinka |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/17/murdoch-backs-progressive-u-s-immigration-policy/ |title=Murdoch backs progressive U.S. immigration policy |publisher=Blogs.reuters.com |date=17 November 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=19 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619065502/http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/17/murdoch-backs-progressive-u-s-immigration-policy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the United States, Murdoch and chief executives from several major corporations, including [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Boeing]] and [[Disney]] joined New York City Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] to form the [[Partnership for a New American Economy]] to advocate "for immigration reform – including a path to legal status for all illegal aliens now in the United States".<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/murdoch-bloomberg-testify_n_745499.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg Push For Immigration Reform | date=30 September 2010 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041255/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/murdoch-bloomberg-testify_n_745499.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The coalition, reflecting Murdoch and Bloomberg's own views, also advocates significant increases in legal [[immigration to the United States]] as a means of boosting America's sluggish economy and lowering unemployment. The Partnership's immigration policy prescriptions are notably similar to those of the Cato Institute and the US Chamber of Commerce — both of which Murdoch has supported in the past.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/new-study-seconds-cato-finding-immigration-reform-good-for-economy/ |title=New Study Seconds Cato Finding: Immigration Reform Good for Economy |publisher=Cato-at-liberty.org |date=7 January 2010 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804110113/http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/new-study-seconds-cato-finding-immigration-reform-good-for-economy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''The Wall Street Journal'' editorial page has similarly advocated for increased legal immigration, in contrast to the staunch anti-immigration stance of Murdoch's British newspaper, ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/sep/05/newspapers-publish-anti-immigration-stories-but-what-is-to-be-done|title=Newspapers publish anti-immigration stories - but what is to be done?|first=Roy|last=Greenslade|newspaper=The Guardian |date=5 September 2016|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=31 December 2019|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210193700/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/sep/05/newspapers-publish-anti-immigration-stories-but-what-is-to-be-done|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 September 2010, Murdoch testified before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Membership on the "Role of Immigration in Strengthening America's Economy". In his testimony, Murdoch called for ending mass deportations and endorsed a "comprehensive [[Immigration reform in the United States|immigration reform]]" plan that would include a pathway to citizenship for all illegal immigrants.<ref name="huffingtonpost1" />

In the [[2012 US presidential election]], Murdoch was critical of the competence of [[Mitt Romney]]'s team but was nonetheless strongly supportive of a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] victory, tweeting: "Of course I want him [Romney] to win, save us from socialism, etc."<ref name="la-tweet">{{cite news |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Morgan |last=Little |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rupert-murdoch-wants-romney-to-win-despite-criticisms-20120702,0,772977.story |title=Rupert Murdoch wants Romney to win despite criticisms |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702181323/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rupert-murdoch-wants-romney-to-win-despite-criticisms-20120702%2C0%2C772977.story |archive-date=2 July 2012 }}</ref>

In October 2015, Murdoch stirred controversy when he praised [[Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016|Republican presidential candidate]] [[Ben Carson]] and referenced President [[Barack Obama]], tweeting, "[[Ben Carson|Ben]] and [[Candy Carson]] terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else."<ref>{{cite web|title = U.S. Could Use a 'Real Black President,' Murdoch Says|url = http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-would-be-real-black-president-n440701|website = NBC News| date=8 October 2015 |access-date = 8 October 2015|archive-date = 8 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008220041/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-would-be-real-black-president-n440701|url-status = live}}</ref> After which he apologised, tweeting, "Apologies! No offence meant. Personally find both men charming."<ref>{{cite news|title = Rupert Murdoch sorry for 'real black president' tweet – BBC News|work = BBC News|date = 8 October 2015|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34472397|access-date = 8 October 2015|archive-date = 10 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010212940/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34472397|url-status = live}}</ref>

During [[Donald Trump's]] term as US President Murdoch showed support for him through the news stories broadcast in his media empire, including on Fox News.<ref>{{cite news|title = Murdoch and Trump, An Alliance of Mutual Interest -National Public Radio|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/14/520080606/murdoch-and-trump-an-alliance-of-mutual-interest|website = NPR|date = 14 March 2017|access-date = 3 July 2017|archive-date = 3 July 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170703025636/http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/14/520080606/murdoch-and-trump-an-alliance-of-mutual-interest|url-status = live|last1 = Folkenflik|first1 = David}}</ref> In early 2018, [[Mohammad bin Salman]], the crown prince of [[Saudi Arabia]], had an intimate dinner at Murdoch's Bel Air estate in Los Angeles.<ref>"[https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/1-billion-and-one-arabian-nights-prince-mohammed-dines-with-murdoch-20180404-p4z7mp.html Prince Mohammed books out hotel to dine with Murdoch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523172943/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/1-billion-and-one-arabian-nights-prince-mohammed-dines-with-murdoch-20180404-p4z7mp.html |date=23 May 2018 }}". ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. 4 April 2018.</ref>

Murdoch is a strong supporter of Israel and its domestic policies.<ref>[http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2007/12/the-murdochs-and-the-middle-east/ 11 December 2007 "The Murdochs and the Middle East"] ''The Spectator''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614141352/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2007/12/the-murdochs-and-the-middle-east/ |date=14 June 2015 }}</ref> In October 2010, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] in New York City presented Murdoch with its International Leadership Award "for his stalwart support of Israel and his commitment to promoting respect and speaking out against [[antisemitism]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/media-magnate-rupert-murdoch-accepting-adl-award-calls-for-an-end-of-efforts-to|title=Media Magnate Rupert Murdoch, Accepting ADL Award, Calls For An End Of Efforts To Isolate Israel|work=Anti-Defamation League|date=|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mozgovaya|first=Natasha|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1.5125539|title=Accepting ADL Award, Murdoch Decries 'Ongoing War Against Jews'|work=Haaretz|date=14 October 2010|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref> However, in April 2021, in a letter to Lachlan Murdoch, ADL director [[Jonathan Greenblatt]] wrote that it would no longer make such an award to his father. This was in the immediate context of accusations made by the ADL against Fox News presenter [[Tucker Carlson]] and his apparent espousal of the [[White genocide conspiracy theory#Fox News era|White replacement theory]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/12/media/murdoch-response-adl-tucker-carlson/index.html|title=Fox has no problem with Tucker Carlson's 'replacement theory' remarks, says Lachlan Murdoch|work=CNN Business|date=12 April 2021|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>

In 2023, during a [[Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network|defamation lawsuit]] by [[Dominion Voting Systems]] against Fox News, Murdoch acknowledged that some [[Fox News#2020 election fraud allegations and lawsuits by Dominion and Smartmatic|Fox News commentators]] were endorsing [[Big lie#Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election|election fraud claims]] they knew were false.<ref name="Matza_2/27/2023">{{cite web | last=Matza | first=Max | title=Rupert Murdoch says Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims | website=[[BBC News]] | date=28 February 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64794606 | access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="Peters_Robertson_2/27/2023">{{cite web | last1=Peters | first1=Jeremy W | last2=Robertson | first2=Katie | title=Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=27 February 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/business/media/fox-news-dominion-rupert-murdoch.html | access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> On 18 April 2023, Fox and Dominion settled for $787.5 million.