All the while, Ms. Deng hasn’t neglected the business of minding Mr. Murdoch, who has undergone the kind of change in appearance often associated with a man’s marrying a new and much-younger wife.
Mr. Murdoch for decades preferred establishment addresses such as New York’s Upper East Side and Bel Air in Los Angeles. But after remarrying, he and Ms. Deng set up residence in Manhattan’s trendy downtown SoHo district, a few blocks from the apartment of Mr. Murdoch’s son, Lachlan. Known for his British-style double-breasted business suits, the elder Mr. Murdoch suddenly started sporting black turtlenecks on some social occasions. News Corp. executives say that sometimes he even forgoes a tie at the office, which was once unthinkable. He told Vanity Fair that he is pumping iron with a personal trainer at 6 a.m. and downing a morning concoction of fruit and soy protein.
Call him Rue.
