Murdoch family

Not to be confused with Murdaugh family.

Murdoch family
Keith Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
James Murdoch
Current regionAustralia
United Kingdom
United States
Place of originPitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Connected members
Connected familiesFreud family

Members of the Murdoch family are prominent international media magnates and media tycoons with roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, along with their media assets in the United States.[1] Some members have also been prominent in the arts, clergy, and military.

Five generations of the family are descended from two Scottish immigrants to Australia: the Reverend James Murdoch (1818–1884), a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and his wife Helen, née Garden (1826–1905).[2] Both were from the Pitsligo area of Aberdeenshire and migrated to the Colony of Victoria in 1884.[2]

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is known for being one of the founders and the owner of formerly the world's largest media company News Corporation, a company that was spun-off in mid 2013 splitting its entertainment assets to 21st Century Fox and its media publishing assets to form the new News Corp.[3][4][5] Currently the Murdochs still have the controlling interest in the remains of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company that was spun-off to Fox Corporation, and still remain as top executives of News Corp.[6]

  1. ^ "About News Corp". News Corp. 15 September 1785. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Michael J Wood, 2005, Ancestry of Rupert Murdoch Archived 2 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine, William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services (17 August 2013).
  3. ^ Moyer, Liz (4 December 2017). "Gabelli says media mergers are in the air: 'Scale up' is new mantra". CNBC. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Report: News Corp. board approves company split". Associated Press. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. ^ Seifert, Dan (3 December 2012). "News Corp to split off Fox Group entertainment business". The Verge. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ "News Corp Leadership". News Corp. Retrieved 5 December 2021.