Rupert Murdoch makes scandals… and Bibles, apparently
The world’s biggest Bible publisher, Zondervan, is owned by Harper Collins Publishers, which is owned by News Corp., which is owned by none other than Rupert Murdoch. The phone-tapping scandals at Murdoch’s News of the World have the potential to shake up publications across his empire, including the evangelical Zondervan.
Based in Grand Rapids, Mich., the company publishes Bibles, devotionals and Christian bestsellers, including The Purpose Driven Life and Stuff Christians Like. Though people are more likely to affiliate Murdoch with the Wall Street Journal than the NIV Bible, the leadership of this media tycoon may have an effect on Christian employees at Zondervan, Christian authors whose books they publish and Christian customers who buy their products....
