Transcript: Profile: Rupert Murdoch

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
06-27-2007
Profile: Rupert Murdoch

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

The man who offered $5 billion for the company that runs the Wall Street Journal is willing to gamble.

(Soundbite of TV show, "Charlie Rose")

Mr. RUPERT MURDOCH (CEO and Chairman, News Corp.): I've made a few bets, one or two bets that haven't turned out great, but for the most part it's been great.

INSKEEP: That was Rupert Murdoch last year on Public Television's "Charlie Rose" show. His News Corporation started with a single newspaper in Australia.

(Soundbite of TV show, "Charlie Rose")

Mr. MURDOCH: And then they're bursting out of Australia, ...

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