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<tr><td>[[Rupert Murdoch (Doc Index)|Timeline of Acquisitions]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Media Acquisition Timeline|K. Rupert Murdoch/Detailed history of media acquisitions]]</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="cccccc"><th>Tobacco associates.</th></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Hamish Maxwell]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hamish Maxwell]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Margaret Thatcher]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Margaret Thatcher]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Ronald Reagan]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Ken Cowley]]</td></tr>
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Murdoch was born in [[Australia]] on 11th of March, 1931. Murdoch studied at Oxford and working in Fleet Street paper, the ''Daily Express''.
Murdoch was born in [[Australia]] on 11th of March, 1931. Murdoch studied at Oxford and working in Fleet Street paper, the ''Daily Express''.
===History of media acquisitions===
===History of media acquisitions===
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''See [[
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''See [[Rupert Murdoch
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Detailed history of media acquisitions]].''
==Ties to tobacco==
==Ties to tobacco==
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* Use our very considerable clout with the media. <BLOCKQUOTE><I> A number of media proprietors that I have spoken to are sympathetic to our position - Rupert Murdoch and Malcolm Forbes are two good examples. The media like the money they make from our advertisements and they are an ally that we can and should exploit. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/oft76b00/pdf] ..[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/oky74e00/pdf] .. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvs98e00/pdf] </I></BLOCKQUOTE>
* Use our very considerable clout with the media. <BLOCKQUOTE><I> A number of media proprietors that I have spoken to are sympathetic to our position - Rupert Murdoch and Malcolm Forbes are two good examples. The media like the money they make from our advertisements and they are an ally that we can and should exploit. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/oft76b00/pdf] ..[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/oky74e00/pdf] .. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvs98e00/pdf] </I></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Murdoch was now a global media magnate, and he joined the Board of Directors of [[Philip Morris]] on August 1989. He continued to serve on their board into the late 1990s. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ope34e00] .. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gju06c00] In fact, under English Chairman [[Hamish Maxwell]] (a close friend of Margaret Thatcher - who was also close to Murdoch) and with the two successive PM Chairmen and CEO's (Bill Murray and Geoff Bible), Murdoch controlled the "Remuneration Panel" of Philip Morris which determined the Board members and top executives pay. This extremely powerful position and close personal relationship with the tobacco company executives appeared to serve both Murdoch and PM well. A 1985 PM internal report shows that information that could negatively affect the [[tobacco industry]] was routinely withheld from Murdoch-owned newspapers worldwide:<Blockquote><i> As regards the [[media]], we plan to build similar relationships to those we now have with Murdoch's [[News Limited]] with other newspaper proprietors. Murdoch's papers rarely publish anti-smoking articles these days. To sum up then on using our natural allies. We have made a start: We have proved that it can be done; we have found that they can be a very effective force; and we intend to do more in the future. </I>[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pus98e00, and [https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco (Type-in Bates Number) 2023268390 and also 2023268329] </blockquote>
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Murdoch was now a global media magnate, and he joined the Board of Directors of [[Philip Morris]] on August 1989. He continued to serve on their board into the late 1990s. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ope34e00] .. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gju06c00] In fact, under English Chairman [[Hamish Maxwell]] (a close friend of Margaret Thatcher - who was also close to Murdoch) and with the two successive PM Chairmen and CEO's (Bill Murray and Geoff Bible), Murdoch controlled the "Remuneration Panel" of Philip Morris which determined the Board members and top executives pay. This extremely powerful position and close personal relationship with the tobacco company executives appeared to serve both Murdoch and PM well. A 1985 PM internal report shows that information that could negatively affect the [[tobacco industry]] was routinely withheld from Murdoch-owned newspapers worldwide:<Blockquote><i> As regards the [[media]], we plan to build similar relationships to those we now have with Murdoch's [[News Limited]] with other newspaper proprietors. Murdoch's papers rarely publish anti-smoking articles these days. To sum up then on using our natural allies. We have made a start: We have proved that it can be done; we have found that they can be a very effective force; and we intend to do more in the future. </I>[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pus98e00
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, and [https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco (Type-in Bates Number) 2023268390 and also 2023268329] </blockquote>
This document appears to confirm a bias in reporting on tobacco issues by media outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch.
This document appears to confirm a bias in reporting on tobacco issues by media outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch.