IN CONVERSATION
Walter Marsh - Young Rupert at MUSE
3—4pm Sunday, August 27, 2023
Muse, East Hotel, Kingston Canberra ACT
Tickets: $10 (entry only) // $40 (includes a discounted copy of the book RRP $35)
Join journalist Walter Marsh as he talks about Young Rupert - The Making of the Murdoch Empire.
“Young Rupert is a scrupulously well-researched history that examines the power of the press in the 20th century and its influence on politics. Rupert Murdoch remains largely elusive, yet new research shows glimpses of a man under pressure and unable to enjoy his success. Readers interested in Australian politics and publishing will find much to satisfy here.”
For half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start? Join journalist Walter Marsh as he talks about Young Rupert - The Making of the Murdoch Empire.
In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his father’s dying wish: for Rupert to live a ‘useful altruistic and full life’ in the media.
For decades, Sir Keith had been a giant of the Australian press, but his final years were spent bitterly fending off rivals and would-be successors. When the dust settled on his father’s estate, Rupert was left with the Adelaide-based News Ltd and its afternoon paper The News — a minor player in a small, parochial city.
Walter Marsh is a journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide with a background in history and culture. A former editor and staff writer at The Adelaide Review and Rip It Up, his writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, and InDaily.
Venue
Muse, East Hotel
69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT
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