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Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal
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Al-waleed bin Talal is a major shareholder in News Corporation, the corporate parent of Fox News in the United States, Sky News in Europe, and many printed periodicals.
Right-wing media watchdog group Accuracy in Media claimed in December 2005 that the Saudi prince was using his influence as a major shareholder to put pressure on Fox News about its coverage of the riots in France.
In the 1995 publication "The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of the House of Saud", Said K. Aburish claimed that the Saudi prince has invested billions of dollars in the Disney Corporation (owner of ABC News) and Time Warner (owner of CNN).
His other holdings reportedly include investments in Coca-Cola Company, McDonald's, Ford Motor Company, Amazon.com, eBay, and Internet Capital Group.
External links
Profiles
- Al-Waleed bin Talal in the Wikipedia.
- Time/CNN presents Global Influentials 2001: Prince al-Waleed, Global Investor.
Articles & Commentary
- Jon Swartz, "Big Buys By Saudi Prince. He invests in Netscape, News Corp., Motorola," San Francisco Chronicle, November 26, 1997.
- Iqbal Latif, "What money can't buy. Saudi prince snubbed by New York," The Iranian, October 24, 2001.
- Joseph Farah, "Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal and the Media," World Net Daily (United States Committee for a Free Lebanon), November 7, 2001.
- "Al Waleed Buys MTV," Naharnet, September 28, 2002.
- "Al-Waleed Bin Talal Clashes in a Shootout with Walid Jumblat," Naharnet, April 13, 2003: "Saudi Arabia's royal business tycoon Prince Al-Waleed has unleashed his ire against Druze leader Walid Jumblat, who has accused the kingdom of opening its soil to U.S. forces and supporting Washington's policy, while encouraging Islamic fundamentalist fever."
- "Prince Al Waleed bin Talal buys 5% of Kuwait invest holding company," Strategiy.com, December 26, 2004.
- "Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal hoster of telethons for suicide bomber families buys large share of Fox News. Saudi prince advocates strategy of business not boycotts to 'influence American public opinion'," Militant Islam Monitor.org, September 25, 2005.
