Why I'll Miss Rupert Murdoch, Despite It All

Why I'll Miss Rupert Murdoch, Despite It All

Rupert Murdoch reading the final edition of his U.K. tabloid News of the World, which closed in 2011 following a phone-hacking scandal. At 94, Rupert Murdoch—who just launched a new tabloid, California Post—is the last vestige of the golden age of press barons, from Hearst to Pulitzer By Gabriel Sherman Last summer, a rumor circulated through the media industry that Rupert Murdoch, the media titan at the helm of the News Corp. empire, was gravel…