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Les Hinton

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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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