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Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson have not written another biography of Rupert Murdoch, but a forensic account of how his empire intimidates and destroys.
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.
Listen to Andrew Dodd on The Conversation Weekly podcast on the long, transactional relationship between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.
Foreign states will now be allowed to hold up to a 15% stake in British media.
The President is suing the mogul for billions of dollars over an article about Jeffrey Epstein. The friendship of convenience is over, so what happens now?
Another court victory in Harry’s campaign to hold the press to account, but what are the broader implications?
While few people have received an apology from a Murdoch-owned publication, Prince Harry now has. But if you think this is the end of the long legal saga, you may well be wrong.
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.
Elon Musk uses X to amplify Trump’s political messages.
The media mogul is trying to revoke the “irrevocable” trust, but it’s unlikely he’ll succeed.
The Sun reinvented the tabloid model and became the most influential expression of British popular print culture.
Old-school media moguls used their considerable influence covertly to get what they want. The big tech bros now in charge have no time for such niceties.
The Men Who Killed the News is at once a cry of indignation at the media’s abuse of power and an attempt to chart a future for journalism.
Today’s Republican Party is a very different beast from the one Murdoch exercised so much influence over in recent decades. Does the media mogul harbour any regrets?
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.
Even the most careful trust planning is no substitute for family harmony.
The Sunday Times has given Starmer a gritted-teeth endorsement, but The Sun has not backed a party.
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