Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch leaves U.S. District Court in Manhattan with his citizenship papers in his hand after he became a U.S. citizen in a brief ceremony, Sept. 4, 1985. The move cleared one obstacle to his $2 billion purchase from Metromedia, Inc., one of the nation's largest group of independent television stations. (AP Photo/Shannon Sweeney)

Newspaper proprietor Rupert Murdoch, right, with his daughter Prudence, 26, center, and new son-in-law Crispin Odey, when the couple were married at St. Michaels Church, Chester Square, Friday, May 24, 1985, London, England. Crispin, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Odey of Hotham Hall, Yorkshire, is an insurance broker. The rest of the group is unidentified. (AP Photo/Joe Schaber)

Publisher Rupert Murdoch, right, and his wife Anna Maria Murdoch, leave the Boston Herald American after meeting with the editorial staff, Friday, Dec. 4, 1982, Boston, Mass. They visited the paper after it was announced that Murdoch had come to agreement with the Heralds union and he said he would purchase the paper. (AP Photo/Mike Grecco)

Mr. Rupert Murdoch, left, and his wife Anna Murdoch, arrive from New York at Heathrow Airport, March 5, 1982, London, England. Mr. Murdoch, proprietor of The Times and the Sunday Times, says a decision on the papers future will be made within the next few days. He told reporters, All is not lost. The final news may come tomorrow but it will certainly come over the weekend. (AP Photo)