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Gabriel Sherman, author of the latest and shortest Murdoch biography, is an outstanding journalist. But does he have something new to say about the media mogul?
After a lengthy and bitter dispute, the future of the media empire after Rupert Murdoch’s death has been resolved – and son Lachlan is to take the reins.
Selling the right-wing news network might cool the family tensions, and it would capitalise on the network’s market value.
The media mogul has failed to have his “irrevocable” family trust changed in favour of his eldest son, Lachlan. But the family drama still has a long way to play out.
The media mogul is trying to revoke the “irrevocable” trust, but it’s unlikely he’ll succeed.
The media mogul wants to change his “irrevocable trust” so that eldest son Lachlan has total control and maintains his media outlets’ right-wing agenda.
Will the son choose to build bridges with Trump that his father burned?
As Rupert Murdoch prepares to hand over the keys to his media empire, what will his legacy be?
This is a decision that was always going to come in one of two forms: either Rupert dropping off the perch or him leaving on this own terms. He has opted for the latter.
After the article was published, Murdoch sent the publishers of Crikey a ‘concerns notice’, essentially threatening to sue them. In response, the publishers almost dared Murdoch to sue.
A news organization doesn’t have to publish or broadcast the facts or the truth. And there are no standardized requirements to be a journalist.
He is the heir-apparent of a global media empire, but how much to we really know about Lachlan Murdoch?
Australia’s defamation laws have been inadequate for years - as this case starkly shows.
181 business leaders say they’ve changed tack. From now on they’ll look after “stakeholders” as well as shareholders, but it’s not clear they mean it.
The most pertinent issue is how much power the federal government is prepared to allow any single media proprietor to have.
After nearly nine years down under doing his own thing with Illyria, Network Ten and Nova, Lachlan Murdoch’s return to the family business as non-executive co-chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox…
The best lines in investigative journalist Paul Barry’s new book - Breaking News: Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession - are supplied by Lord Conrad Black of Crossharbour, that connoisseur of corporate…
The worldwide online activist group Avaaz, which claims over 14 million members and operations in 193 countries, has this week launched an Australian campaign against Lachlan Murdoch. The group has written…
James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch, Kerry Stokes, John Singleton and Gina Rinehart. While Stokes and Singleton have been around media traps for a few years now, the return of a Packer, a Murdoch and the addition…
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