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Murdoch at World Economic Forum 2009 (cropped)(b)
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President John F. Kennedy with Rupert Murdoch and Zell Rabin
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Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
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Rupert Murdoch - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
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默多克

Mòduōkè
proper noun #42,526

Meanings

  1. 1 Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American media magnate and founder of News Corp

About Rupert Murdoch

born 1931 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Australian-born media owner who built News Corp and Fox, with papers such as The Times and The Wall Street Journal and the Fox News channel. Chinese media followed his 1999 to 2013 marriage to 邓文迪 (Wendi Deng).

Also called  鲁珀特·默多克

Examples

HSK 7-9
默多克是全球最有影响力的媒体大亨之一。
Mòduōkè shì quánqiú zuì yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì de méitǐ dàhēng zhīyī.
Murdoch is one of the world's most influential media tycoons.
HSK 7-9
默多克收购了《华尔街日报》。
Mòduōkè shōugòu le 《 Huá'ěrjiē Rìbào 》.
Murdoch bought The Wall Street Journal.

Tips

culture
Taiwan and Hong Kong write his name 梅铎 rather than 默多克. In 1993 he bought STAR TV, a Hong Kong satellite broadcaster, hoping to reach Chinese homes, but Beijing kept it off most of the mainland. Wendi Deng was a vice-president there when they married.

Stroke Order

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