Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, now seems to be his successor after seven-decade run as controversial media mogul The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023
Rupert Murdoch, creator of Fox News, stepping down as head of News Corp. and Fox Corp. Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox Corp., the companies that he built into forces over the last 50 years The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
White House says Republicans ‘playing games with people’s lives’ as shutdown odds increase – as it happened Failure to advance defense bill spells trouble for separate funding bill as no more votes expected this week The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023
Rupert Murdoch is retiring as chairman of Fox and News Corp. at 92 years old His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become sole chair of News Corp. and continue as executive chair and CEO of Fox Corp. Fortune · Sep 21, 2023
Rupert Murdoch: Media tycoon stepping down as chairman of News Corp and Fox with son Lachlan taking over Media mogul Murdoch, 92, says ‘the time is right for me to take on different roles’ in letter to colleagues Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2023
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corp Murdoch’s son Lachlan will become sole chairman of News Corp and continue as chairman and CEO of Fox, companies say. Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2023
Key takeaways from Michael Wolff’s book on Murdoch, Fox and US politics Here’s what we’ve learned so far from the eagerly awaited book The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023
Mark Humphries’ comedy sketch cut from 7.30 in ABC’s latest cost-cutting drive Satirical sketches axed due to ‘tight budgetary environment’. Plus: ABC managing director David Anderson gains another term The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2023
Afternoon Update: Ita Buttrose to step down as ABC chair; Mark Latham quits One Nation; and Lachlan Murdoch pays $1.3m Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter. The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch pays Crikey $1.3m in legal costs over dropped defamation suit Fox Media chief executive pays costs on condition that almost $600,000 in crowdfunding raised by Crikey will be donated to press freedom group The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2023
Rupert Murdoch dating again, four months after breaking off engagement The media mogul met Elena Zhukova at a family party and the couple have been cruising together in the Mediterranean for several weeks The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2023
How Fox uses the World Cup and Masked Singer to keep Fox News on air The company leverages hit shows to hike the price it charges cable companies to carry its channels The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2023
Amid Flurry of Lawsuits, Fox Legal Head Viet Dinh Steps Down Executive gets lump-sum payment of $23 million Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 11, 2023
A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station. WEKU · Aug 9, 2023
Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 8, 2023 Fox Reports Higher Q4 Net Income Advertising revenue down 4%, affiliate revenue up 3%
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023 Tucker Carlson reveals what he claims to be real reason he was fired from Fox News Fox ‘agreed to take me off the air, my show off the air, as a condition of the Dominion settlement,’ Carlson tells biographer
The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2023 Tucker Carlson claims in book Fox News firing was part of $787.5m settlement Former prime-time host tells biographer he ‘knows’ firing was part of deal to resolve Dominion Voting Systems defamation case
Multichannel News · Jul 6, 2023 Group Challenges Fox’s License To Operate WTXF Philadelphia Former Fox executive Preston Padden says Rupert Murdoch knew the company was broadcasting false information about the 2020 election
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023 Politicians and members of the media rub shoulders at Murdoch annual party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer were among those attending the event at Spencer House in London on Thursday.
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023 Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims Oregon’s attorney general has announced she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election
The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2023 Kerry Stokes’ gamble on Ben Roberts-Smith backfires as Seven bets on Bruce Lehrmann The former Coalition staffer, who denies claims by Brittany Higgins, will appear on Seven’s Spotlight program on Sunday to tell ‘his side of the story’. Plus: Crikey celebrates a legal win
The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023 A win for the press, a big loss for Ben Roberts-Smith: what does this judgment tell us about defamation law? At the heart of the spectacular defamation trial brought by decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith were two key questions.
The Conversation · May 21, 2023 Sumner Redstone: the other media baron who inspired Succession was more toxic and dysfunctional than Logan Roy Just before the third season of the hit HBO television show Succession began, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, was asked (again) what it was about real-life media tycoons Sumner Redstone and Rupert Murdoch that drove him to create a TV series about a fictional media family that bore some resemblances…
Broadcasting & Cable · May 17, 2023 Fox News Ponders Major Post Tucker Carlson Primetime Shakeup: Sean Hannity Moves to 8 p.m., Laura Ingraham Out (Breathless Reports) With its trademark siren blaring, the Drudge Report also says Jesse Waters and Greg Gutfeld will get primetime promotions
The Guardian - US · May 16, 2023 Roger Ailes’s widow says Murdochs have ‘wreaked havoc’ on Fox News Wife of former CEO forced out over sexual harassment allegations says Rupert Murdoch lacks her husband’s ‘genius’