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Les Hinton

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Bootle, Merseyside, The United Kingdom

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Les Hinton was born in Bootle, Merseyside, England. He is the son of a wandering British Army sergeant and grew up in Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Germany, Singapore, and Australia.
In Adelaide, Australia, he took his first job as a 15-year-old copy boy with a newspaper owned by a young Rupert Murdoch. As Murdoch’s empire grew, he worked for him as a reporter, foreign correspondent, editor, and then as one of his most senior executives, managing newspapers, magazines, and TV stations. Les published a memoir, The Bootle Boy, in 2018, and his debut novel, Dying Days, will be published in November 2025.

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I've been reading again an article I wrote a while back for the Wall Street Journal. The Journal editors wanted me to write about the Press barons that most fascinated me. I chose books about five: William Randolph Hearst, Henry Luce, Robert Maxwell, Katharine Graham, and Rupert Murdoch. Declaration of interest -- Murdoch was my boss for fifty years. Of the other four, I met two: Maxwell and Graha Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 03, 2025 09:06 • Tags: journalism, media, news

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Average rating: 3.93 · 87 ratings · 13 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bootle Boy: an untidy life in news 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying Days 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bootle Boy: My Untidy Life 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Untidy Life: What I Saw at the Media Revolution 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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