Silvio Berlusconi
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Ben Bradshaw takes the gloves off...policy decisions, from Europe to cross-media ownership. Blair was even accused of intervening on Murdoch's behalf when he was planning a bid for Silvio Berlusconi's Italian TV company. "That's long before my time, long before I had to deal... In this article: Ben Bradshaw, Rupert Murdoch, News International, Conservative Party, ITV, BBC, James Murdoch, Labour Party, Tony Blair, and Tax |
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BBC News | October 26, 2009
Murdoch wins Berlusconi ad spat
...men, estimated to be worth $6.5bn (GBP4.4bn) by Forbes magazine. Now serving his third term as Italy's prime minister, he controls Mediaset as well as AC Milan football club. Mr Berlusconi has recently accused fellow billionaire media...
In this article: Mediaset, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, The Times newspaper, AC Milan, New York Post, Forbes magazine, Italy, and Milan
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 06, 2009
Murdoch's new online headache
Canal Plus, owned by Vivendi SA, operates in France, Spain and Poland. Berlusconi's Mediaset in 2008 introduced pay channels to challenge Murdoch's Sky Italia. Milan-based Mediaset is encountering illegal streaming and may take legal...
In this article: Premier League, Rupert Murdoch, Revenue, Justin.tv, Mediaset, ESPN, and Microsoft Corp
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | October 18, 2009
Queens Park Rangers' finance director Gavin Taylor quits football club to set up hedge fund
...of Jose Maria Aznar, the former Spanish Prime Minister. Their wedding in 2002 was attended by Mr Blair, as well as Silvio Berlusconi, Rupert Murdoch and Julio Iglesias. After serving briefly as an MEP, he moved into business and...
In this article: QPR, Alejandro Agag, Tony Blair, Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, Premier League, Lakshmi Mittal, and Formula 1
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washingtonpost.com | August 28, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Berlusconi sues local, foreign media for libel
...wife. Berlusconi, owner of Italy's largest private broadcaster Mediaset, has accused his television competitor Rupert Murdoch of mounting a personal attack on him via the London newspaper The Times, owned by Murdoch's News Corp. Ghedini...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Italy, Nouvel Observateur, Veronica Lario, Allegation, Recession, Dario Franceschini, and The Times
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Guardian | October 22, 2009
The Conservatives' new friends in Europe
...an apparent fig leaf of legitimacy and an undoubted political and media coup. It was deeply embarrassing to watch Tory MEPs rush to Berlusconi's defence. Perhaps they were afraid Rupert Murdoch would drop his newly given support? Cameron...
In this article: David Cameron, Tories, William Hague, EU, Angela Merkel, CDU, and Liberal Democrat
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Mandelson warns of Sun-Tory deal
...in terms of biased, inaccurate and selective reporting. With the Murdoch empire as the main gatekeeper, we will find our media is much in the mould of the Berlusconi ones in Italy. (or worse) By the way, if you want to see how far our...
In this article: Peter Mandelson, Labour Party, The Sun, Rupert Murdoch, Gordon Brown, Conservative Party, News International, and BBC
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Silvio Berlusconi (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, real estate and insurance tycoon, bank and media proprietor, sports team owner and songwriter. He is the second longest-serving Prime Minister of the Italian Republic (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held on three separate occasions: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006 and currently since 2008. He is the leader of the People of Freedom political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 2009, merging Forza Italia, his own party, with Alleanza Nazionale of Gianfranco Fini and other parties. His victory in the 2008 general elections paved the way for a third mandate in office. As of January 2009, he is the senior G8 leader, the longest-serving current leader of a G8 country.
Berlusconi's political rise was rapid and surrounded by controversy. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time and appointed as Prime Minister following the March 1994 snap parliamentary elections, when Forza Italia gained a relative majority a mere three months after having been officially launched. However, his cabinet collapsed after seven months, due to internal disagreements in his coalition. In the April 1996 snap parliamentary elections, Berlusconi ran for Prime Minister again but was defeated by centre-left candidate Romano Prodi. In the May 2001 parliamentary elections, he was again the centre-right candidate for Prime Minister and won against the centre-left candidate Francesco Rutelli. Berlusconi then formed his second and third cabinets, until 2006.
- Birth Date:
- September 29, 1936
- Birthplace:
- Milan, Italy
- Religion:
- Roman Catholicism
- Spouse:
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- Carla Dall'Oglio
- Veronica Lario
- Residence:
- Arcore, Italy
- University Attended:
- University of Milan
- Occupation:
- Businessman
- Net Worth:
- $9.4 billion USD
- Political party:
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