Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes

Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes

The billionaire’s ‘retirement’ from his controversial media empire might not protect him from litigants such as his fellow News Corp and Fox shareholders.

  • byColin Kruger

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How Sky News’s US-centric digital play is fracturing its newsroom

How Sky News’s US-centric digital play is fracturing its newsroom

Sky News Australia’s strategy of delivering content toward an increasingly far-right,US-based audience has sparked a divide at the conservative broadcaster.

  • byCalum Jaspan
I spent time with James and Lachlan. Rupert chose the wrong successor

I spent time with James and Lachlan. Rupert chose the wrong successor

Like his sister Elisabeth,James withdrew himself from the succession. And so now we get Lachlan. For the sake of news,and all of us who consume it,that’s too bad.

  • byGeraldine Brooks
Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump
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Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump

One of Lachlan Murdoch’s biggest challenges will be how to handle Donald Trump in an election year.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Tony Abbott nominated to Fox Corporation board of directors

Tony Abbott nominated to Fox Corporation board of directors

Lachlan Murdoch welcomed the nomination,stating the former Australian prime minister had skills,experience and perspective that would contribute to the board and benefit the company.

  • bySarah McPhee
Lachlan Murdoch inherits a daunting to-do list. Observers are divided over how he will cope

Lachlan Murdoch inherits a daunting to-do list. Observers are divided over how he will cope

Rupert Murdoch’s retirement has given his chosen successor control of global newspaper and television businesses that are influential but face major challenges.

  • byAnne Hyland
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‘He loves the Australian papers’:Murdoch to leave print empire intact for now

‘He loves the Australian papers’:Murdoch to leave print empire intact for now

With media insiders pointing to Lachlan Murdoch’s affection for News Corp’s stable of newspapers in Australia,it should be business as usual for the time being.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Was Lachlan crossed out or underlined? The day Succession became reality

Was Lachlan crossed out or underlined? The day Succession became reality

The Succession finale may have only been four months ago,but Rupert Murdoch’s big news has reignited our appetite for billionaire media mogul drama.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Make no mistake,Rupert Murdoch will still be calling the shots

Make no mistake,Rupert Murdoch will still be calling the shots

Rupert Murdoch may technically have stepped back from running the media empire he built over many decades,but don’t be fooled by his new title.

  • byColin Kruger
Loved and loathed:The sun sets on Rupert Murdoch’s 70-year career

Loved and loathed:The sun sets on Rupert Murdoch’s 70-year career

Murdoch is,and deserves to be,regarded as Australia’s most successful businessman on the international stage,and one of the more powerful and influential figures in world affairs for much of his unusually lengthy career.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The consequential career of Rupert Murdoch:a timeline

The consequential career of Rupert Murdoch:a timeline

Over 70 years,Murdoch built a controversial empire and became one of the leading media executives in the world.