Topic: Rupert Murdoch

In ‘Starstruck’, Peter Mukerjea writes about foreign-owned Star TV’s journey to becoming one of the leading entertainment channels in India.

James, who’d once seemed most likely to take over for 89-year-old Rupert Murdoch as the head of the family business, is now focused on building his own assets.

Where exactly is Trump going with Iran, asked The New York Times. His administration is sending mixed messages. Trump called the nuclear deal that Barack Obama signed in 2015 “one of the worst deals I have ever seen” during his campaign. Everybody expected that he would tear it up after elections. But, last week, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said in a letter that Iran was complying with the agreement to curb its nuclear expansion in return for a lifting of sanctions. But he also said that Iran is a “leading state sponsor of terror,” and later compared Iran with North Korea. Then Trump said Iran was not fulfilling “the spirit” of the deal. But defence secretary Jim Mattis said that the deal “stills stands” and that Iran “appears to be living up to their part.” http://nyti.ms/2oZVB3K AUDI VISION BEYOND OIL Why does the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia want to live a...