He was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on January 26, 1984 for his services to journalism and media in Australia.

Played himself in an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989), introducing himself as "Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant", and was lampooned in several other episodes of the show.

Studied politics, economics and philosophy at Worchester College, Oxford University.

When he went on a buying spree of Australian newspapers, he was given the derisive nickname "Koala Kong" by his critics.

Although a capitalist and supposedly conservative, Rupert Murdoch supported Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY), as was mentioned on FOX News. The Aussie-American media baron who created the Fox News Channel in 1996 as a conservative counterpoint to what he considered the liberal Cable News Network (CNN), founded by outspoken liberal media baron Ted Turner in 1980.

In November 2003, he made his younger son James (then 30 years of age) the chief executive of BSkyB, of which he himself is chairman and the biggest shareholder (34.3%). Until then, his older son Lachlan Murdoch, deputy chief operating officer at News Corp. and head of the New York Post and the company`s television stations) had seemed to be the heir apparent.

Born to Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch (1886-1952) and his wife Elizabeth Greene (born in 1909), he has three older sisters.

Owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball franchise from 1998-2004, which he purchased from the O`Malley family.

Is the CEO and majority stock-owner of Newscorp., a public company which owns several major media enterprises, among which are the FOX broadcast network, the Fox News Channel , 20th Century Fox Film Corp., The New York Post, Reganbooks and HarperCollins Publishers, the BSkyb satellite company, The London Times, and many others around the world.

Spouse: Wendi Deng (25 June 1999 - present) 2 children; Anna Maria Torv (28 April 1967 - 1999) (divorced) 3 children ; Patricia Booker (1956 - 1960) (divorced) 1 child