Rupert Murdoch And Robert Thomson 227 Nick Denton 04/25/08 10:24AM Filed to: Rupert Murdoch Rupert Murdoch robert thomson Wall Street Journal News Corporation News Corporation tycoon Rupert Murdoch is precisely thirty years older than his lieutenant at the Wall Street Journal, Robert Thomson. And a birthday is far from the only thing they have in common, as shown by this handy list from Intelligencer.