You can’t build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.
The reality is that we’ve seen the last of any serious price wars for a long time. I don’t think any of the others could afford it, certainly not on a long-term basis.
Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable!
The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.
Climate change and energy use are global problems. News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.
We could make a difference just by holding our emissions steady as our businesses continue to grow. But that doesn’t seem to be enough: we want to go all the way to zero. Today, I am announcing our intention to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses, by 2010.
Imagine if we succeed in inspiring our audiences to reduce their own impacts on climate change by just one percent. That would be like turning the State of California off for almost two months.
Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as well as for other big media companies with huge resources in sports, entertainment and news. There’s just more opportunity.
Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.
As with all politically lead governments, foreign investment is the slowest in the media section. Politicians are somewhat paranoid about the media but we still think it’s worthwhile.
All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.
Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.
I’m a catalyst for change. You can’t be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.
I think the important thing is that there be plenty of newspapers, with plenty of different people controlling them, so that there are a variety of viewpoints, so there is a choice for the public. This is the freedom of the press that is needed.
I think everyone’s against abortion.
I am amazed that CNN can’t get its act together.
Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.
I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.
Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now.
The current days of the Internet will soon be over.
If you want to judge my thinking, look at The Sun.