It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and ii 00pm in los angeles, where one of the biggest media deals in history will reshape the world of entertainment. Walt disney is buying a large part of 21st century fox, the business controlled by Rupert Murdoch and his family. It is worth more than 50 billion, and the deal could see new films and tv shows reaching homes in asia. Our media editor amol rajan reports. When Rupert Murdoch bought the news of the world in 1968, he was an outsider. But this canny australian with news in his veins made his way to the heart of the establishment in both britain and america, wielding extraordinary influence. From his base in tabloid newspapers, he moved aggressively into film and television, owning studios and networks that entertained hundreds of millions of people. But now, fox has become a division of disney. Ina in a phone call, he explained his strategy. I know people are asking how we came to such a momentous decision. We are pivoting at a
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