James Murdoch
James Murdoch
James Rupert Jacob Murdochis the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox and Chairman of Sky plc. He is the former chairman and chief executive of News Corp., Europe and Asia, where he oversaw assets such as News International, publisher of The News of the World newspaper, SKY Italia, Sky Deutschland, and STAR TV...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 December 1972
growing-up children thinking
I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.
business giving people
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
business successful media
What makes a media company successful is how it copes with competitive markets in which people have a choice. Competition today is at a more intense level than it has ever before been because the barriers to providing information in the virtual world are so low and the choice of provider nearly infinite.
jobs
Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
business mean people
Connectivity doesn't just mean you get a lot more chances to deliver messages about customer service and pricing plans. This isn't one-sided. It enables people to talk back.
people car ferrari
Why do you need to drive a Ferrari to get stuck in a traffic jam anyway? How do people afford these cars?
black-and-white people might
There are bad people and there are bad corporations. Just as there are good people and good corporations. That might seem too black and white, but what can I tell ya?
communication people choices
Through basic science literacy, people can understand the policy choices we need to be making. Scientists are not necessarily the greatest communicators, but science and communication is one of the fundamentals we need to address. People are interested.
commitment trying firsts
What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.
business communication discipline
My belief is that if you grapple with the big changes until you really get them and if you develop an internal compass to steer your marketing and communications, you will be working in a discipline that is more exciting, more intellectually rich, more delightfully complex and ultimately more rewarding than it has ever been.
thinking giving empowering
How do we think beyond interruptive ad formats, and do things that are much more integrated, much more innovative, and actually empower the viewer and give them a better product experience?
business real believe
The future belongs to brands that do more than pay lip-service to real dialogue and recognise that their customers want them to believe in something.
fully intend strategy stuck
I fully intend to be here for the long term. It is a strategy that's going to take a lot of work. I'm here. You're stuck with me.
fully intend stuck
I fully intend to be here (at Sky) in the long term, I'm fully committed. So you're stuck with me,