At age 82, Rupert Murdoch stands without rival as the greatest media tycoon in the world. He’s controlled film studios, newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and networks that serve people on five continents. He created a new form of journalism—quicker, livelier, and frequently meaner—that’s been copied and derided by newspapers and broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic. And he’s changed our media landscape by challenging the cartels that long ran the television industry: His latest move, the creation of Fox Sports 1, will challenge ESPN’s global hegemony. But the future of Murdoch’s empire, and even the man’s legacy, is uncertain. Will News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox survive after he gives up control or dies? And, will the brand of journalism his companies pioneered have real staying power? NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik, author of Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires, visits Zócalo to discuss how Rupert Murdoch changed journalism, and what will happen to the media world after he’s gone.

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