Could News Corp lose right to broadcast in the US

[Ted Larsen]

Joe: As I recall the Kennedys had something to do with it.
It's not mentioned here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch

But this is

On 4 September 1985, Murdoch became a naturalized citizen to satisfy the 
legal requirement
 that only US citizens were permitted to own American television stations


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From: "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: Could News Corp lose right to broadcast in the US


> On 7/19/2011 12:35 PM, Ted Larsen wrote:
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>> And remember News Corp is a U.S. company and Murdoch is a U.S. citizen.
>>
>> As I recall he had to get citizenship during  the flap over owning the 
>> Herald and trying to buy Ch. 25
>
> And I'd love to know how he managed that.  He didn't have an immigrant's 
> visa, nor had he resided in the US for five years.  Some officials looked 
> the other way for him, I think.
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