with black border photograph : the times guardian australia investigations suggest murdoch could have paid close to £ 300 ( $ us436 ) for the classified , though as the executive chairman of news corporation , which owns the times , it seems reasonable to assume that he would not have paid full price . murdoch and hall ’s engagement notice appeared in the births , marriages and deaths section of the times newspaper in london rupert murdoch has announced his engagement to jerry hall in the births , marriages and deaths section of the times newspaper in london . their relationship became public knowledge after they appeared together . rupert murdoch ... and miss jerry hall ... are delighted to announce their engagement . ( eric charbonneau eric charbonneau invision ap ) murdoch family rep told the london newspaper . the notice appeared in the tuesday 12 january edition of the times . the texas - born stunner is trading in life as the woman rolling stone mick jagger never married to become the fourth mrs. rupert murdoch . he has written checks for years to the tune of hundreds of millions to keep the flailing tabloid afloat .