Nicole Kidman presents Rupert Murdoch with the Humanitarian Laureate award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center during the center's annual tribute dinner Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Nicole Kidman and Rupert Murdoch pose for photographs before the Simon Wiesenthal Center annual tribute dinner Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Actress Nicole Kidman, right, returns to her seat past media mogul Rupert Murdoch at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

President Vladimir Putin, shakes hands with ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva as Rupert Murdoch, center, the Chairman of media giant News Corp. looks on, at his meeting with top U.S. executives to offer reassurances of Russia's free-market commitment at the 18th century Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 25, 2005. Vladimir Putin on Saturday hosted U.S. business leaders at his opulent summer residence in an effort to reassure them that his government remains committed to free-market principles and welcomes foreign investment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Rupert Murdoch, left, introduces his wife, Wendi, to the Queen during a visit from the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, at the opening of 'Gilded Dragons, Buried Treasure from China's Golden Age', an exhibition at the British Museum, London, Oct. 21, 1999. (AP Photo/PA Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)

Margaret Thatcher accepts the United Cerebral Palsy of New York?s 37th Annual Humanitarian Award, Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991 in New York from Rupert Murdoch, chairman New America Publishing, Inc. (AP Photo/Mike Albans)