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the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. it's this exquisite sailing vessel. it's a work of art. as we understand it, they're sleeping on the boat. it's the caribbean. it's peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can't get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. >> he has not yet designated an heir. >> and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. ♪ >> stand by. >> there we go. o...

Dorothy shift, who was the owner, was losing money on the new york post, and that was a real concern that the paper would go under. >> i remember, we were getting going for the red, and i saw no way out. >> murdoch new he had to give her some assurances. >> rupert had told me when i sold him the paper, that he was not going to change the editorial policy. but he turned to the right after. >> rupert murdoch will say whatever he has to say to get his way.and so, the new york post went from being a liberal bastion to being the only conservative newspaper in new york. >> if there was a revolution ...

Both at "newsweek" and then on to "the new york post" which then the publisher of "the new york post" dorothy shift was a woman and nora, you talk about the glass ceiling, a glass wall, glass floor, glass everything that you couldn't break through. >> yep. >> and she did and she continued on and obviously, you know, as john heilemann did point out, the body of work is enormous, it is important, but at the end of the day, joe, i think it gets back to who she was as a person. if she was your friend, you had a friend for life. someone who was insightful, creative, generous, an enormously wonderfu...