I've always been more interested in the content of our newspapers, political positions day to day, the thrill of communicating with people through words that I am in the pure business aspects.

I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together.

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

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – 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 it’s the people who are taking control.

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable!