Posted on 03/09/2010 11:36:57 AM PST by JLWORK
It’s official now. This explains a lot of what’s happened recently. Rupert Murdoch is moving his NewsCorp headquarters to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. You can kiss fair and balanced FoxNews good-bye.
Breitbart has the story right here:
“News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch announced on Tuesday that the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi is to become the headquarters of his global media empire in the Middle East.
Addressing some 400 delegates at the opening of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Murdoch said his corporation had started out as a small Australian firm to become a US-based international company that employs 64,000 people.
“I have every confidence that Arab companies can do the same and more. I also believe that Abu Dhabi can lead the way.”
Murdoch said News Corp would headquarter its Middle Eastern global online advertising operations in Abu Dhabi, and move a number of satellite television channels to the capital of the United Arab Emirates from Hong Kong.
“We will (also) establish a production office here for one of our documentary film-making companies,” he said.
“When we look to the future, News Corporation is betting on the creative potential of the more than 335 million people who make up the Arab world,” he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
w...t....f....
Serves us right for electing a President who tried to make NewsCorp an enemy.
Good for you, Rupert.
Yea! More Islamism at FoxNews. Can’t wait!
One word applies here: TAXES
I actually looked to see if this was from The Onion.
I normally like Horowitz, but this is just plain misleading, since the article plainly states that it’s making Abu Dhabi the base of it’s MIDDLE EAST operations, not relocating the company there.
This is good right? I mean, the free market types told me that business should do what’s best for making money.
And I’m sure the Arabs won’t interfere with news reports involving muslims.
So now we know why FOX has become muzzie lovers.
You forgot to include “Sarcasm” as a topic for this story, right?
Miss Olbermann is going to have a field day with this one.....”Fox News, worst person in the worrrrrrld !!”
Am I missing something? It says he is moving the ME advertising operations to Abu Dhabi, as well as a number of sat channels fro. hong Kong to Abu Dhabi. How is that selling out the US? I am not getting the ire ...maybe someone can enlighten me so I can grab a pitchfork!
Right. Sounds more like he is foresaking Hong Kong.
This article is not well written, and apparently subject to interpretation. I’m reading it as News Corp opening an Abu Dhabi office as the HQ of it’s middle eastern operations, not that Abu Dhabi is going to be the hub of all News Corp operations world-wide, including those in the U.S.
So News Corp wants to sell news to moslems. They’ve got money, don’t they? I believe the term for selling something to people with money to spend is “capitalism.”
follow the money.....
Yes,...I read that too...somebody at Horowitz did poorly...
Can you blame him? Corporate taxes in the USA are too high.
it only looks like the middle east division will be there.
not the whole operation.
Wha...???
NO- he IS NOT MOVING NewsCorps to the ME- he's setting up his MIDDLE EAST headquarters in Abu Dhabi...
This is getting waaaaaaay out of hand...isn't anyone reading the article?
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