New York Post

"A few weeks later, while I was preparing for litigation, Marvin Davis called me—without any preamble, no hello, no reference to our last conversation—and said with brio, “I’ve sold half the company to Rupert Murdoch.” Now, that was a stunner. I guess I did get his attention. At that time, all Murdoch owned in the United States was the *New York Post* and a few other papers and magazines. I had met him socially, but didn’t know much about him. Davis said that before Murdoch would agree to the deal, he wanted to meet me."

"So I went way downtown to the historic New York Post Building, where Rupert worked in Dolly Schiff’s original mammoth office, which had been designed to intimidate the men around her. In a taxi on the way back uptown to Kluge’s apartment, Murdoch let out a gleeful “What a great adventure! We’re betting the company!” and slapped the seat for emphasis. Honestly, what sheer fun it was to be with him and his master gambler’s enthusiasm."