We need to push ourselves to make as many reductions as possible in our own energy use first - and that takes time. But we must do this quickly - the climate will not wait for us.

My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.

We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web.

I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.

You've got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers.

For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.

Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.