Rupert Murdoch: Don't Give Up on Open Markets February 9, 2009

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/30/Advice_to_the_US_President_on_Competitiveness

Newscorp CEO Rupert Murdoch champions the open market and cautions against the "very dangerous move...towards protectionism" among international economies.

"Open markets have benefited everybody, rich and poor alike," Murdoch argues.

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Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation. Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.