How Rupert Murdoch helped NRL hit $2 billion TV rights jackpot

By Brad Walter
Updated November 27 2015 - 2:08am, first published 1:32am
Costly business: News executives Mike Fitzpatrick, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thompson. News will pay $900m for the NRL pay TV rights from 2018-2022.  Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Costly business: News executives Mike Fitzpatrick, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thompson. News will pay $900m for the NRL pay TV rights from 2018-2022. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer