Rupert Murdoch: The 83-year old is currently in Australia and after a bleak period in both his personal and professional life seems to be thoroughly enjoying himself: "Relaxing at last. Few hours in magnificent Aussie bush. Ewes lambing, cows calving, great season. Later hoping show off mobs of kangaroos," he tweeted shortly after breaking his silence, according to The Guardian. But even if he pulls it off, will this be a deal to really ensure his legacy? There a reason media moguls aren't what they used to be the companies they run are less powerful too. Disney, Fox, Time Warner, Viacom are all big businesses, but Google and Apple are each worth more than the combined market values of the media firms. Alongside Amazon, the tech titans are today true global giants, reshaping the media landscape in ways that Murdoch can only dream of and After a two-week hiatus that had some wondering if he'd gone for good, Rupert Murdoch is back on Twitter. "Sorry, I have been busy lately with many preoccupations!" he tweeted last Thursday , a day after it emerged what those preoccupations were. Murdoch had been organising the biggest deal of his storied career: an $80bn bid for Time Warner by 21st Century Fox , his entertainment conglomerate. If successful it would create a media behemoth encompassing some of the most popular, and lucrative, movies and TV shows on the planet, including Avatar , Harry Potter , Game of Thrones and X-Men . Murdoch is once more making the sort of news he'd prefer to be remembered for: the last of the media moguls throwing what is probably his last big roll of the dice. A gamble that could hand his children control of a media giant that, he hopes, will be his real legacy.
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