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Prime ministers come and go, Murdoch remains

By Robert Barr
Published June 13, 2012 4:50pm ET
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Prime ministers come and go, Murdoch remains
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 1969 file photo British Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference for the third day of the conference, at Marlborough House, London, Jan. 9, 1969. Prime Ministers come and go, but News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch stays and stays and stays. Murdoch has played a key role in shaping political British political coverage for the last four decades, and testimony at the Leveson inquiry into media ethics has highlighted how prime ministers have both courted and feared the 81-year-old media mogul. (AP Photo/Dennis-Lee Royle, file) | Dennis-Lee Royle

LONDON (AP) — Prime Ministers come and go, but News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch stays and stays and stays.

Murdoch has played a key role in shaping British political coverage for the last four decades, and testimony at a judge-led inquiry into media ethics has highlighted how prime ministers have both courted and feared the 81-year-old media mogul.

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