Studybreakers (earlier known as Classface or simply CF) is a free service that allows its users to communicate through an interactive network of online photo albums, weblogs, user profiles, web forums, and groups. A relative newcomer in the social networking field, the site has more than 25,000 members. Studybreakers - History. Studybreakers - Version One. Following its (beta) launch on May 25, 2005, Classface quickly became popular for students throughout the US a ...

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Studybreakers - Version One. Following its (beta) launch on May 25, 2005, Classface quickly became popular for students throughout the US and Canada, mainly due to emails and advertisements directed to users of RateMyTeachers and Bolt.com. Many users believe Version One (Studybreakers) is superior to MySpace.com, and membership quickly climbed. As a beta, Classface's Version One had its fair share of problems (most notably a bug that allowed users to access other accounts by just viewing their profiles), but the staff at Classface quickly resolved most issues, and student administrators dealt with unruly ...

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After his father's sudden death in 1952, Rupert returned to Australia to take over the running of his father's business. Although he had expected to inherit a considerable fortune and a prominent position, he was left with a relatively modest inheritance—after death duties and taxes, the main legacy was ownership of the Adelaide News (which gave its name to his company). His early publishing career was notable for his campaign ...

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In 1999, The Economist reported that Murdoch had made £1.4 billion ($2.1 billion) in profits over the previous 11 years but had paid no net corporation tax. It further reported, after an examination of what was available of the accounts, that Murdoch would normally have expected to pay a corporate tax of approximately $350 million. The article explained that the corporation's complex structure, international scope and use of offshore h ...

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Murdoch has been married three times. His first marriage in 1956 was to Patricia Booker, with whom he had one child, Prudence Murdoch. They were divorced in 1967. Very little is known about their marriage, and Murdoch himself has never spoken about it publicly. In the same year, he married an employee, Anna Torv. The timing (and Murdoch's subsequent behaviour) suggests that he had begun the relationship with ...

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Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the San Antonio News. Soon afterwards he founded the National Star, a supermarket tabloid, and in 1976 he purchased the New York Post. On September 4, 1985, Murdoch became a naturalized citizen to satisfy the legal requirement that only United States citizens could own American television stations. In 1987 he bought The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd in Australia, the company that his father had once managed. By 1991, his Australian-based New ...

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Murdoch moved to Britain in the mid 1960s and rapidly became a major force there after his acquisitions of the News of the World, The Sun and later The Times and The Sunday Times, which he bought in 1981 from the Thomson family, who had bought it from the Astor family in 1966. Both takeovers further reinforced his growing reputation as a ruthless and cunning business operator. His takeover of The Times aroused great hostility among traditionalists, who feared he would take it "downmarket." This led directly to the founding of Th ...

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Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was Sir Keith Murdoch, a stern and somewhat distant figure who was the son of a Presbyterian minister from Scotland. The elder Murdoch worked as a journalist and adviser to Billy Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia during World War I, and became Australia's most influential newspaper executive, directing the Melbourne-based Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. He was reportedly often frustrated by young Murdoch's early progress and despaired of his son being able to take over from him. Rupert Murdoch was deeply influenced by his father, and although he clea ...

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