Above: yesterday’s Guardian published this short article about Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media “mogul” Rupert Murdoch. The article included a picture of Elisabeth Murdoch, the first image I have seen of this powerful decision-maker in the world of television. She is a graduate of Vasser (upon which Royal Holloway College was modeled).
Above: Shine in Notting Hill (one of two sites they have in the area). Shine is a TV production company founded and owned by Elisabeth Murdoch. Most of what they produce is complete garbage (The World’s Biggest Celebrity Mingers; Royal Servants – Behind Closed Doors; Brad, Jen And Angelina; Teenage Tourette’s Club; Reality TV Is Good For You; How “Friends” Changed The World).
Above: recently Elisabeth Murdoch bought TV production company Kudos. Their output is of higher quality than Shine’s (Wide Sargasso Sea and the surrealist cop drama Life On Mars). Joint Managing Director of Kudos is Jane Featherstone.
Above: the Murdoch family uses its wealth and media power to influence elections in the western world. There is no transparency about how they do this. The influence is widely regarded as pernicious and anti-democratic.
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