Lachlan Murdoch explains $1.2b settlement,says Fox News won’t change ‘successful strategy’

Lachlan Murdoch explains $1.2b settlement,says Fox News won’t change ‘successful strategy’

The Fox Corp chief has explained the decision to settle the Dominion lawsuit and denies Fox News will shift direction following the exit of Tucker Carlson.

  • byDavid Bauder

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How a Murdoch-backed media start-up built on drugs,sex and war reporting crumbled

How a Murdoch-backed media start-up built on drugs,sex and war reporting crumbled

After months of struggling to find a buyer,Vice – a start-up once valued at $US5.7 billion – is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy.

  • byJames Warrington
I do,Kyle style:PM and premier top guest list for radio star’s wedding

I do,Kyle style:PM and premier top guest list for radio star’s wedding

It’s a case of having friends in high places for the radio shock-jock Kyle Sandilands who is marrying his former assistant on Saturday.

  • byAndrew Hornery
The anti-Murdoch pile-on gathers pace as governance failures line up

The anti-Murdoch pile-on gathers pace as governance failures line up

Shareholders expect consequences for giant-sized snafus,but there is no suggestion of a management overhaul at Fox.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Tucker for president?’ What Carlson does next,now he’s been outfoxed

‘Tucker for president?’ What Carlson does next,now he’s been outfoxed

Carlson will now go back to his website,the Daily Caller,which as of early Tuesday morning in Australia had nine stories about him on its front page.

  • byBill Wyman
Amanda Stoker to headline conservative Voice to parliament conference

Amanda Stoker to headline conservative Voice to parliament conference

The former Queensland LNP senator joins ex-charities commissioner Gary Johns at the Samuel Griffith Society’s Voice to parliament Symposium next month.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
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Lachlan Murdoch’s stoush with Crikey not over yet

Lachlan Murdoch’s stoush with Crikey not over yet

The media scion is at odds with the news site over a $600,000 pot of money it raised from subscribers to fund its legal defence.

  • byNick Bonyhady
What Rupert Murdoch’s mother left him in her will

What Rupert Murdoch’s mother left him in her will

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch,who died in 2012,was very specific about what chattels she would leave her children and grandchildren. But not everyone was specifically mentioned on her list.

  • byStephen Brook
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against Crikey

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against Crikey

The media scion has discontinued his defamation case against the online news outlet,days after Fox News settled a separate US defamation suit.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Biggest loser:The price Murdoch paid to avoid a public spectacle

Biggest loser:The price Murdoch paid to avoid a public spectacle

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch now wears an ignominious crown. He has just paid Dominion the largest publicly known defamation settlement in US history.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Fox Corp’s investors eye suing company directors over 2020 election lies

Fox Corp’s investors eye suing company directors over 2020 election lies

One shareholder has already sued Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and son Lachlan,alleging they breached their duties by allowing Fox to perpetuate Donald Trump’s false claims.

  • byJody Godoy andHelen Coster