到1997年初,默多克比过去任何时候更成功、更具影响力。他的新闻集团的状况似乎比它的竞争对手要好得多。国际通信技术公司和时代华纳公司债台高筑。默多克有30亿美元的现金。他把公司的债务从120亿美元减少到52亿美元,并把短期债务变成了长期债务(这些债务的一部分期限为100年)。现款收入支付利息绰绰有余.甚至根据默多克的标准来衡量,1996年也是令人惊奇的一年,他对《金融时报》说:“它是充满巨大挑 By early 1997, Murdoch was more successful and influential than ever before. His News Corp situation seems to be much better than its rivals. International telecommunications technology companies and Time Warner debt outstanding. Murdoch has $ 3 billion in cash. He reduced his company’s debt from 12 billion U.S. dollars to 5.2 billion U.S. dollars and turned short-term debt into long-term debt (part of these debt is 100 years). More than enough to pay interest on cash income, even 1996, measured by Murdoch’s standards, was a surprising year, and he told the Financial Times: ”It’s hugely picky