I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.
Rupert MurdochWhen you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.
Rupert MurdochTo find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media โ which, incidentally, is what really destroyed the old world of kings and aristocracies. Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now itโs the people who are taking control.
Rupert MurdochI think we've been an agent for change, everywhere, and I think change frightens people. They're going nicely in what seems like a settled industry, and someone comes in and says "I can do this better. It doesn't matter how nice that other one is." That's one of the distinguishing points of our acquisitions.
Rupert Murdoch