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Rupert Murdoch’s succession plan reveals a lot about his empire – and most of it is not pretty

Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to continue controlling his company from beyond the grave would be better labelled Project Hegemony, than Harmony, because it’s designed to cement one sibling’s dominance over the others and shield the business from possible progressive reform.

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Rupert Murdoch’s real succession drama − why the future of his media empire could hinge on a legal effort in Nevada

Conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch is making news again – this time, with a secretive effort to change an irrevocable trust. That trust has important ownership interests in both Fox Corp. and News Corp., so it affects broadcast news as well as The Wall Street Journal and other publications.

The Conversation

Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his children over his media empire

The move by the billionaire news mogul, 93, could have a ‘real, significant impact’ on the global media landscape

The Guardian - US

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Rupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich

Media mogul’s bid to extend rightwing influence beyond the grave must be resisted to the last

The Guardian - UK

'Everyone around here is just filthy': border outrage over huge solar farm

The 182,000-panel array will be visible from west Belconnen.

The Canberra Times

News Corp boss grilled over Hitler-Bandt headline as Seven admits failure over Lehrmann’s rent

The Australian was just surfacing ‘differing opinions’ when it made comparison between Greens leader and Hitler, Michael Miller says. Plus: fourth-generation Murdoch logs on

The Guardian - AU

Chad Haga: Gravel racing isn't a transition from road, it's the start of a new career

American reflects on second place in Unbound 200 and his first gravel season so far

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Rupert Murdoch marries fifth wife Elena Zhukova at 93

The ceremony took place at media mogul’s California vineyard

The Independent UK

Sunrise star to spend Mother's Day in Canberra

Natalie Barr is looking forward to a very special reunion.

The Canberra Times

Rupert Murdoch, Media Mogul, Engaged To Elena Zhukova

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, to marry Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist. Explore Murdoch's vast media empire and personal life.

Top News

Loved beyond words: Teralba tragedy leaves two families shattered

The grandmothers have left a hole in the hearts of all who knew them.

Newcastle Herald

'We are young men with young families': legal gap for stone victims

Autoimmune conditions of silica dust victims need recognition.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-British officials say Murdoch tabloids hacked them to aid corporate agenda

Ex-U.K. cabinet ministers allege Murdoch's tabloids hacked their voicemails for salacious scoops to try to intimidate them from blocking its takeover of a satellite TV firm.

WEKU

A 140km trip for childcare as rural families miss out

A shortage of childcare and early education services across the regions is leaving parents, children and entire communities behind, a national report shows.

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Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work

When businesspeople retire at an advanced age, it seldom makes headlines.

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph auction poses litmus test for value of newspapers in digital age

While falling sales suggest the demise of print, the industry has proved adaptable and remains attractive to media barons

The Guardian - UK

The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff review – Succession without a sense of humour

No one emerges with much credit in Wolff’s second study of Rupert Murdoch and his family – a gossipy story of power and greed peppered with endless layers of psychological insight

Evening Standard

Does Lachlan have the cojones to take on his father’s empire?

Whereas Rupert is passionate about newspapers, being an inky through and through, Lachlan has displayed relatively little interest in them

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The Guardian - AU

Brian Cox on Rupert Murdoch’s succession plan: ‘the freedom to manipulate’

Succession actor jokes Murdoch may have watched ‘too much’ of the TV series and criticises claim that global media empire is committed to ‘freedom’

Fortune

As Rupert Murdoch retires, a look into succession drama that roiled his family and inspired HBO hit

Like Logan Roy in the HBO drama "Succession," Murdoch encouraged his children to compete to be his successor.

The Guardian - UK

What fate awaits Rupert Murdoch favourites in the new Lachlan era?

Rebekah Brooks and Robert Thomson may lose out alongside old-school media in push for new-media growth

Evening Standard

The fall of Rupert Murdoch: Insiders say they never thought he would step aside

The shock announcement has raised questions over what made the media baron decide now is the time to hand over to son Lachlan

AAP

From dictator to trailblazer, MPs react to Murdoch move

Politicians, many of whom have been in the firing line of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, have given mixed reactions to news of his retirement.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Rupert Murdoch to step down, new calls for Johns to go, and a Scandi scandal

The mogul’s eldest son, Lachlan, will take over at Fox and News Corp, ending seven-decade career; Burney say no activist must quit after latest outburst

France 24

End of an era? Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of News Corp, Fox Corp

Seventy years after inheriting the Australian newspaper that he used as a foundation to build a global empire, media mogul Rupert Murdoch says his son Lachlan will replace him as chair of Fox Corporation and News Corp. However, Murdoch senior has signalled he will still be very present in decision-making…

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