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Rupert developed a machiavellian approach to the business. Mr. Maxwell has lost. Rupert discovered if you start turning the doyleial down markets go up. Sex and blood and murder and mayhem. This is his moment to expand. Murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. Here i am. You better pay some attention. Im gonna have one hell of an impact. As usual, we were drinking one night. The producers, the reporters and me. We always gathered. It is the first Concrete Blook removed by east german worke...

ratings go up. >> sex and murder and blood and mayhem. >> people are 40% of the circulation of newspapers. >> this is his moment to expand. >> murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. im gonna have one hell of an impact. >> as usual, we were drinking one night. the producers, the reporters and me. we always gathered. >> the first concrete block was removed by east german workers. >> we hear the berlin wall is coming down. what? weve got t...

and we commandeered the gulfstream jet. and about eight or nine of us got on that jet at midnight and flew to berlin. a current affair was ruperts baby, to the point where i believe rupert wrote a check out of his own checking account every single week for the show. >> this show is rampant anarchy. >> rupert liked it because it was cheeky. >> charles and camillas naughty thong fantasy. >> it was edgy. >> these gorgeous playmates frolic with privileged guests. >> a current affair. >> it...

>> rupert developed a machiavellian approach to the business. >> mr. maxwell has lost. >> rupert discovered if you start turning the doyleial down markets go up. >> sex and blood and murder and mayhem. >> this is his moment to expand. >> murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. im gonna have one hell of an impact. >> as usual, we were drinking one night. the producers, the reporters and me. we always gathered. >> it is the first concrete ...

machiavellian approach to the newspaper business. its about putting your rivals under. >> mr. maxwell -- >> rupert discovered if you start turning the dial down market, ratings go up. >> sex and murder, blood and mayhem. >> he brought up 40% of the circulation of newspapers in new england. >> this is your chance to expand. >> murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. im going to have one hell of an impact. >> as usual, we were drinking one...

its about putting your rivals under. >> mr. maxwell -- >> rupert discovered if you start turning the dial down market, ratings go up. >> sex and murder, blood and mayhem. >> he bought up 40% of the circulation of newspapers in england. >> this is his moment to expand. >> murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. im going to have one hell of an impact. >> as usual, we were drinking one night. the producers, the reporters and me. we always g...

to this empire. >> early on, rupert develops a machiavellian approach to the newspaper business. its about putting your rivals under. >> and mr maxwell certainly has lost. >> and, rupert discovered if you start turning the dial down market, ratings go up. >> sex and murder and blood, and mayhem. >> he bought up 40% of the circulation of newspapers in england. >> this is his moment to expand. >> post here! get your post here. new york post... >> murdoch put his stamp on the city of new ...

And murdoch sees this, this growing obsession, this growing interest in money and celebrity. and the "new york post" really begins to kind of chronicle it. >> everybody wants to read the dirt thats in the "new york post" because, you know, its always something happening. and page six is the most powerful gossip column in the world. the breaking news was about celebrities. whats happening in the room where celebrity x is doing cocaine with struper y? >> can you believe this starlet? she is cheati...

Includes close to 100 magazines in australia and he is clearly in the united states to stay. >> rupert murdoch is emerging already by the 1980s as the biggest newspaper barron the world has ever known. >> he is part of the rise of the 80s culture in new york. buildings were shooting up kind of across the city. wall street boomed. and murdoch sees this, this growing obsession, this growing interest in money and celebrity and the "new york post" really begins to kind of chronicle it. >> everybody ...

♪ [ sirens ] >> multimillionaire rue bert murdoch is at the center of a journalistic empire that includes close to 100 newspapers and magazines in australia and he clearly is in the united states to stay. ♪ >> rupert murdoch is emerging already by the 1980s as the biggest newspaper baron the world has ever known. >> hes part of the rise of the 80s culture in new york. buildings were shooting up kind of all across the city. wall street boomed. and murdoch sees this, this growing obsession, th...