His battles have ranged from the famed lifelong rivalry with fellow Aussie and one-time partner Kerry Packer to fierce competition with The New York Times, Time Warner Cable and most recently Google (in an interview last year with Sky News Australia, he threatened to remove stories from the search engine so readers would pay for content).
Those looking for the deal of the century are not going to get the property with such fierce competition.
The retailer has been struggling to cope with declining sales in the face of increasingly fierce competition from supermarkets and online retailers such as Amazon and iTunes.
And once a drug goes generic, the firm that created the medicine must deal with fierce competition from other manufacturers.
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So imagine a business in the midst of fierce competition with production deadlines, new initiatives, etc.
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In the back row there is fierce competition and you wouldn't argue too much with the whole of the Irish trio going, along with Wales' Martyn Williams and Ryan Jones, and Tom Croft from England.
They are finding themselves in fierce competition, though, with the wave of Chinese PE firms and RMB denominated funds that have been formed in recent years.
As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.
But we also know that with the march of technology over the last few decades, the competition for jobs and businesses has grown fierce.
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But with fierce global competition, you must deeply question the traditions of the past and focus instead on reinventing the future.
Decrease in activity coupled with fierce competition from investors targeting distressed inventory means the possibility of picking up a decent fixer-upper at a discounted price from the bank has greatly narrowed.
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It is now one of Hong Kong's most revered culinary traditions and is considered a staple meal, with fierce competition among top restaurants and hotels to win the loyalty of the families who make it their Sunday ritual.
Personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard may be trying to branch out into software and services, but it still has to contend with falling PC prices, weak demand and fierce competition in the legacy business that still dominates its profits and revenues.
The competition in the apparel industry is incredibly fierce with many top competitors yearning for their share of the market.
Competition for new jobs is fierce, with 50% of the world's population under 30.
Competition in the on-demand space is already fierce, with free and subscription services from Netflix, Lovefilm, Virgin Media, BT Vision, YouView, BBC iPlayer and BSkyB already fighting for customers.
Though it faced fierce competition over the decades, NBC was formidable in the 1990s, with Thursdays declared a "must-see" night of television.
But competition to get your gear in the Gift Bags is fierce, with vendors not only donating it but paying extra cash for the privilege.
The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.
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But competition is still fierce, with firms like Brink's and Securitas also in the field.
Chalk it up to fierce competition and customers' continued refusals to part with cash very easily, even as they loosen the purse strings a bit.
The depressed job market means that competition for low-skill positions is fierce, as young dropouts compete with older and better-educated workers who are being pushed down the jobs ladder.
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