The New York Daily News report attracted some attention in Hollywood. But the real uproar was on Wall Street, where the most attention was paid to the Australian tycoon.
"Can the story of a crass, reputation-seeking Australian entrepreneur who built a vast media and tourism empire on borrowed money be repeated in America?" The Wall Street Journal paid more attention to his business, questioning whether the tourism business could.
It supports such a large acquisition and casts doubt on Australia's stock market regulation.
"Scasi's ambitions exceed his capabilities and we do not welcome a financial operation to acquire America's cultural heritage... and raises questions about the financial soundness of other Australian companies."
The development of the matter was obviously beyond Ronald's imagination and control, and gradually evolved into an attack on the de facto boss of 20th Century Fox, another Australian, Rupert.
Originally, this Australian had a bad reputation in America. In Fleet Street, London, where he made his fortune, he was well-known for breaking the news about celebrities' privacy and royal gossip. When he acquired shares in Fox, he was criticized by the veteran
Attacks by serious media.
The New York Times launched a lengthy attack on him at the time, criticizing Rupert's business practices and political views. In one article, the Times called him a media pirate bent on destroying our country.
Traditional Values of Journalism.”
Other newspapers that have spoken out against Rupert include the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe. The newspapers believe that Rupert's ownership of Fox will give him too much control over the American media landscape.
Quan, whose conservative views will bias news reports.
"Now there is another Australian tycoon, using their wealth earned from the "imperfect and naive" stock market to attack our country's media industry like a barbarian. This is worthy of vigilance and requires legislative restrictions."
The person who said this was Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. He has always been at odds with Rupert, and now he has come out to denounce such entrepreneurs who are not in line with American values (because Rupert supports conservatives).
At Kennedy's urging, a special measure is being proposed in the Senate for discussion and is expected to be added to the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and passed as an annex.
This new amendment, if passed, would close any chance for Rupert to evade the federal ban on cross-owning newspapers and television stations in the same city, such as the Boston Herald and Boston's wfxt-tv station, which he is aggressively acquiring, as well as the New York Post and
wnyw-tv.
Rupert was so angry that he flew into a rage. Scars, a stupid country boy, brought Australia's capital operation tricks to defraud investors in America. As a result, he suffered a heavy blow from the senator.
These veteran senators have been re-elected and hold important positions in many key Senate committees. Their power is actually not much less than that of the general. It is definitely not easy to be targeted by them.
Rupert was afraid that he would be implicated, so he ran to New York overnight and met with New York State Governor Cuomo, Mayor Koch, and major New York media, expressing that he would never do anything that did not abide by American values, and he would
He expressed support for the governor's campaign and extended an invitation to the outgoing mayor to serve as a media consultant.
The politicians and media circles who have been favored by him have of course expressed their verbal support and will not target Rupert's simultaneous control of newspapers, media and television stations in New York. They also welcome the entrepreneur who has become an American citizen for his efforts to preserve New York's media tradition.
effort.
However, the legislative work at the federal and state levels has nothing to do with it. Now it is the federal senators who are eyeing Rupert, and they can only express verbal support at most. Rupert is still under a lot of pressure, especially the instigator "New York
"Daily News", he quickly asked his secretary to contact the reporter of this newspaper, which he usually despised, hoping that they would limit the report to the unlucky guy Scars.
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"What's going on with this law? Can't we control the Daily News and WPIX Channel 11 at the same time?"
Of course, Ronald also knew about this new legislation targeting cross-type media, and summoned Ed Bastian, who was in charge of the acquisition, and lawyer Lindsay Doerr to inquire about the situation.
"In fact, it has no impact on our acquisition. This amendment will ultimately be implemented by the interagency Federal Communications Commission. It will be up to them to determine whether our acquisition of TV stations, newspapers, and radio stations infringes on the cross-ownership of the same city.
. And in our case it can be said that even the most far-fetched judge will not think that we have violated this law that was originally intended to make it easier for the media to operate."
Ed Bastian explained to Ronald that this law allows two or more competing daily newspapers in a city to combine certain aspects of operations and production to prevent news organizations from collaborating.
of closure.
The purpose is to promote the diversity of news and prevent the sources of news and information from being too concentrated and being controlled by several large monopoly media groups from controlling citizens' access to press freedom.
After the emergence of television stations, their profits quickly exceeded that of traditional newspapers, so the newspaper preservation law quickly added content that prohibited the same company from owning newspapers and radio and television stations in the same market.
"I don't understand why we can't comply with this ban? Aren't we going to buy a newspaper and a TV station in New York?" Ronald looked at it for a long time and didn't see how he could be exempted.
Ed Bastian smiled and pointed at Lindsay, asking her to answer.
"Ronald, first of all, our acquisition does not exceed the standard line that triggers the injunction. According to the injunction, a newspaper is defined as any daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation. The New York Daily News is a tabloid and is not protected by this law.
serious broadsheet.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! What this law prohibits is that any person or entity owns both a newspaper and a television station in the same market. According to Senator Kennedy’s explanation, the market is defined as a reasonable expectation that 50% or more of the area will
The above households are in areas that can receive newspapers or TV stations. The wpix channel 11 we want to acquire does not have such a large viewership share in New York.
Secondly, this law prohibits the same person or entity and does not prohibit some exceptions, such as newspapers and television stations owned by different companies or non-profit organizations.
Finally, an exemption will be granted if a company can prove that its cross-ownership of television stations and newspapers has a significant interest in serving the community or that without its presence, news services in the community will be significantly reduced.
Our newspapers and television stations are unique sources of news for certain groups of people in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and lower Manhattan."
Lindsay Dole said three reasons at once, and Ronald understood it. The newspapers and TV stations he wanted to buy were still small players in New York and did not trigger the ban. And even if the business scope was successfully expanded in the future,
Different entities can also be set up to use legal weapons to fight legislation.
Finally, your own media can also rely on certain groups of people to obtain exemptions, as long as it is their main channel for obtaining news.
This condition is met very well by the media that Ronald wants to buy, such as gossip news sources for black people in Brooklyn, live traffic broadcasts for taxi drivers, and Asians in Manhattan. For educational programs on TV stations, they are all unique.
.
Ronald nodded, acquiescing to this reason, and also thought of the important reason why Australians were attacked. He is not a native American citizen. These are unspoken rules common to self-made Americans like him. If he is a
Australia has always used it, and in the eyes of Senator Kennedy and some voters, it is the original sin full of evil ideas.
"This process is outrageous. The reasons given by some politicians are ridiculous and extreme. I call them liberal totalitarianism. Their purpose is nothing more than that we often criticize senators, and this is the true meaning of press freedom... I condemn this
discriminate……"
That night, Rupert also gave a rare interview on television, and his Australian vowels seemed very stiff.
Ronald and Little Doug were watching TV together. They had received a call from the Australian tycoon, asking them to restrain the editor-in-chief of the Daily News from expanding the scope of the news attack.
Of course, Ronald agreed. The attack on the Australians might also affect Sony. This would do no good to Ronald and Norio Ohga. His target was only against the upstart who wanted to make money in Columbia Pictures.
.
Rupert was very happy to hear Ronald's personal promise, and he also wanted to give Ronald some new and hard information about Scars. For example, he asked the board of directors to pay him an annual salary of 13 million, and visited him with more than 100,000 yuan.
A Wall Street banker was looking for financing.
Ronald understood that Rupert also wanted to drive this country bumpkin away from America to avoid being implicated. After thanking Rupert, he happily called Norio Ohga to inform him of the good news.
Dahe was very excited and immediately said that he would send a team to Queensland, Australia, to seize the home of this Australian man who dared to break ground on Sony. The Japanese did not dare to resist easily against America, but if they deal with an Australian, they
Still very willing.
After arranging things, Ronald and Diane got on the plane to Los Angeles. Several movies had been produced and were at the test screening stage, waiting for him to make a decision.
"Honey, I'm a little tired, I'll take a nap first..." Many things happened together, and Ronald felt a little lack of energy, so he put his coat over himself on the plane and fell asleep by himself.
"Ronnie, Ronnie, does this look good on me?"
In the dream, Diane seemed to be no longer young, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were clearly visible. She lived with him in a small house. In the narrow fitting room, Diane was wearing a violet dress and skirt, and was screaming.
Give your own opinions.
"You are beautiful, Diane..." Ronald in the dream was also middle-aged, with a bit of gray hair on his temples. Judging from the house he lived in, he seemed to be in an average financial situation.
"I know you don't want to go, but my father wants to see me get an Oscar nomination, and I want to give him a comfort..."
Diane leaned against herself and gave Ronald a kiss.
"Mommy, Daddy..." a child's voice called outside.
"We'll come right away..."
The dream then shifted to the Oscars. Ronald and Diane were present together. Reporters came over one after another with microphones to criticize Diane, asking her what she thought of being nominated for Best Actress. Some reporters also chased Ronald and asked him about his opinion.
My wife starred in a film directed by Adrian Lane and had a passionate relationship with the two leading men.
"..." Ronald had a sad expression on his face, said some polite words, and finally waited for Diane to finish taking the photos and entered the awards hall together.
"No...no...", Ronald cried out excitedly, why did Diane want to perform such a scene? They seemed not to be doing well in this time and space. He stretched out his hand to grab it, and the scene between the two of them slowly faded.
Transform, disappear.
"Ronnie, Ronnie?" When Diane was watching Ronald sleeping, he suddenly raised his hands and talked in his sleep. He came over and patted him gently. Ronald turned over and went to sleep again, and his coat fell on the
on the ground.
Diane picked it up and wanted to cover Ronald. After a moment of hesitation, she asked the flight attendant to get a blanket for Ronald.
She stood up by herself and hung her clothes on the chair behind her. Her hand touched her pocket, as if there was a stack of paper in it. Diane glanced at Ronald's sleeping figure and put her hand in.
"Ronnie, Ronnie, I'm going to be late soon, can you see me off?" Ronald was still sleeping soundly, and this time his dream changed. He and Helen were living in a small house, both dressed up.
It's very ordinary and in line with Helen's usual taste.
"Okay, I'll send you off. Anyway, the child will be sent to his aunt to spend the weekend with Donna's child."
"It's been a long time since we acted alone like this, hee hee..." Helen took out a superwoman costume and stuffed it into her bag, "Do you still remember? It was you who gave me the idea back then..."
This time the two of them went to a comic convention in Manhattan. Helen's appearance has become middle-aged. She doesn't have much acting now. She makes money by going to comic conventions across the country and dressing up as Superwoman to sign autographs and take photos for movie and comic fans.
Helen is actually liked by many movie fans. It seems that no fans of Ronald in this time and space recognized him as a director. It seems that he drives a Toyota car and has not directed many blockbuster movies. Taking advantage of the time gap, Ronald in this time and space
Ronald is also revising dialogue for other people's scripts.
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"Huh?" Ronald saw the name of the script in the dream, "Superwoman (TV series)..."
It turns out that if I had not been a director, would I have been so miserable? Ronald sighed in his heart, maybe this was a fork in his life. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to become a film director.
"Yeah, I understand. You can help me find a lawyer and I'll talk to him. Thank you, Donna." Diane hung up the phone. This is a service recently launched by business jets. You can swipe your credit card to make calls on the ground.
, to achieve air-to-ground dialogue.
"Diane?" Ronald had already woken up from his dream. He felt very thirsty and blurted out Diane's name immediately.
"Are you awake? I'll ask the stewardess to give you a glass of lemonade..." Diane quickly hung up the phone...
"Who are you talking to on the phone? Where are my clothes?" Ronald took a sip of water and felt a little better.
"Here, you turned over and fell to the ground just now.
"Oh, thank you..." Ronald put on his coat, then took out the many documents of Daydream and read them.