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Rupert Murdoch at 90: why the old mogul may have one final act in him yet

  • Written by Stephen Lambden, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Television, Nottingham Trent University

To understand why Rupert Murdoch, who is 90 years old on March 11, is still in charge of a global media empire and hungry to keep expanding, it may be instructive to look at the pithy assessment he made of career self-publicist and professional narcissist, Piers Morgan.

Morgan, who walked out of his latest job presenting ITV’s Good Morning...