to deliver into office the mayor of one of the largest cities in the world. but rupert murdoch didn't come to the united states to determine the course of municipal elections. as we'll see, he has his eyes on much bigger game. >> multi-millionaire rupert murdoch at the center of a journalistic empire that includes close to 100 newspapers and magazines in australia and he is clearly in the united states to stay. >> rupert murdoch is emerging already by the 1980s as the biggest newspaper barron the world has ever known. >> he is bpart of the rise of te '80s culture in new york. force buildings were shooting up across the city. wall street boomed.