Rupert Murdoch's 90th turn around the sun was feted on Thursday night in New York City as power brokers, longtime lieutenants and family members, with a conspicuous absence, gathered at Tavern on the Green for a long-delayed dinner celebration.Murdoch, one of the most influential media barons of the modern era who is executive chairman of News Corp. and Fox Corp., turned 90 on March 11, 2021.Media titans Barry Diller and Peter Chernin, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, New England Patriots owner...
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Following a pandemic-compromised season where TV broadcasts turned to virtual fans and fake crowd noise to compensate for the absence of attendees, Goodell set down strict COVID-19 rules to ensure the integrity of NFL’s 2021-22 season. Measures included a $50,000 fine for players who refuse to submit to a virus test and requiring teams that experience an outbreak among unvaccinated players to forfeit any games that must be canceled and cover financial losses — a significant move given NFL teams collectively lost an estimated $4 billion due to coronavirus in the previous season. In the 2021 off-season, the league extended its multiyear partnership with Twitter and fined the Washington Football Team $10 million after an independent review of workplace harassment and bullying.