‘Not optimal for shareholders’:Murdoch scraps proposed Fox-News Corp merger as he prepares to sell real-estate assets

‘Not optimal for shareholders’:Murdoch scraps proposed Fox-News Corp merger as he prepares to sell real-estate assets

Rupert Murdoch has halted plans for a potential merger of his two major media companies. The decision has coincided with talks about the sale of digital real-estate business,Move.

  • byZoe Samios

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‘Very happy’:Murdoch’s new relationship may add twist to succession planning
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‘Very happy’:Murdoch’s new relationship may add twist to succession planning

As the media magnate is snapped with a new female companion,could tensions be deepening among his successors?

  • byCamilla Tominey
ABC’s Sarah Ferguson blasts media regulator’s ‘nonsensical’ findings over Fox program

ABC’s Sarah Ferguson blasts media regulator’s ‘nonsensical’ findings over Fox program

The ABC’s star presenter says the AMCA’s findings against her report into Fox News and the January 6 riot are nonsensical.

  • byLatika Bourke
Murdoch v Crikey:even if Lachlan wins,he loses

Murdoch v Crikey:even if Lachlan wins,he loses

The heir-apparent to the Murdoch media empire says free speech is his “north star”. His defamation action against a small publisher may yet result in restrictions on his own publications.

  • byPaddy Manning
Celebrities swarm Sydney for Christmas homecomings

Celebrities swarm Sydney for Christmas homecomings

The great Christmas homecoming has delivered a bumper crop of big names to town this week,while some of the locals are splashing out on decorations.

  • byAndrew Hornery
Lachlan Murdoch seeks to expand lawsuit against Crikey

Lachlan Murdoch seeks to expand lawsuit against Crikey

Murdoch is seeking to make tactical changes to his lawsuit against Crikey,in a move the Federal Court has heard may scupper the trial date.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
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Murdoch Christmas party attracts a who’s who of business,political elite

Murdoch Christmas party attracts a who’s who of business,political elite

Bankers,politicians and journalists queued up to make merry with Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch in Sydney.

  • byNoel Towell
Rupert Murdoch to appear in deposition over 2020 US election conspiracy theories

Rupert Murdoch to appear in deposition over 2020 US election conspiracy theories

Dominion Voting Systems alleges that Fox News recklessly aired claims that the voting-machine company rigged the 2020 election by flipping millions of votes away from former president Donald Trump.

  • byErik Larson
Crikey hands over previously secret ‘Murdoch campaign’ document

Crikey hands over previously secret ‘Murdoch campaign’ document

The online publisher told the Federal Court there was no dispute it had engaged in a marketing campaign featuring Lachlan Murdoch.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Murdoch wants social media expert in Crikey defamation fight

Murdoch wants social media expert in Crikey defamation fight

The media scion and the online publisher are locked in protracted disputes over pre-trial issues.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Investors crash cone of silence at News Corp AGM

Investors crash cone of silence at News Corp AGM

Lachlan Murdoch copped a protest vote from News Corp shareholders,who had little chance to make their feelings known.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell