Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes ordered to pay $125m back to Rupert Murdoch Holmes and her former boyfriend, top Theranos executive Sunny Balwani, have been ordered to pay $452m in restitution The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
Court rules Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must go to prison while she appeals against sentence Holmes was convicted on fraud charges over a blood-testing hoax Evening Standard · May 17, 2023
Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes. WEKU · May 17, 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’ The Guardian - US · May 16, 2023
'Succession' Finale Predictions: HBO's Biggest Show Is Veering Towards Apocalypse It may sound ridiculous, but HBO’s prestige drama 'Succession' seems to be racing toward a near-future hellscape. Inverse · May 16, 2023
Roger Ailes’s wife publicly attacks the Murdochs amid Tucker Carlson fallout Elizabeth Ailes refers to Rupert Murdoch’s sons as characters from English nursery rhyme The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
How much has Boris Johnson made in cash, gifts and benefits since resigning as PM? Since Johnson stepped down from the head of the UK Government on September 5 last year, he has only made 17 contributions to the House of Commons The National (Scotland) · May 15, 2023
Vice files for bankruptcy protection amid cut-price sale to consortium Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023
Fox News hit with new defamation lawsuit after massive settlement Nina Jankowicz was former executive director of government division dealing with disinformation threats to national security The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
Tucker threatens to sue Fox for fraud Carlson accused Fox of lying about him and leaking his private messages, linking his firing to Dominion settlement Salon · May 10, 2023
11 celebrities including Robert De Niro and Billy Joel who embraced fatherhood later in life De Niro confirmed the birth of his seventh child in an interview published on Tuesday 9 May The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
The trials of Prince Harry: 1st phone hacking case to begin Prince Harry’s legal battle against the British press faces its biggest test yet and threatens to do something he said his family long feared: put a royal on the witness stand to discuss embarrassing revelations The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
Scoop: Tucker Carlson accuses Fox of fraud, contract breach A letter to top Fox officials says the network broke agreements with Carlson. Axios · May 9, 2023
Ghost writers go to war over Prince Harry’s memoir Spare J.R. Moehringer has taken a swipe at Andrew O’Hagan, who gave him a bad review Evening Standard · May 9, 2023
WEKU · May 9, 2023 Fox isn't in the apology business. That could cost it a ton of money When Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed investors on Tuesday, he did not apologize for the events that led to a $787 million settlement over the broadcasting of election-related falsehoods.
The New Daily · May 7, 2023 Alan Kohler: Reduce emissions? Fine, but we need to do much, much more than that Grim report about carbon sequestration being vital on top of reducing emissions to save Earth scored scant media attention. That's a tragedy.
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023 Vice Media close to deal for sale out of bankruptcy Rescue deal for publisher would wipe out existing shareholders, including James Murdoch
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023 ‘Like Icarus – now everyone is burnt’: how Vice and BuzzFeed fell to earth Era of lofty valuations for upstart youth media appears to be over, with Vice ‘heading for bankruptcy’ and BuzzFeed News shutting down
The Independent UK · May 3, 2023 Trump goes after Fox for Dominion settlement ‘insult’ to election deniers The former president fumed this week that Fox wouldn’t defend his conspiracies in court
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023 ‘Bloody people’: coronation caps King Charles’s complicated affair with press From king’s ski-slope outburst to Harry’s recent court bombshell, royals have long had love-hate relationship with UK media
The Independent UK · May 2, 2023 The Murdochs chatted to Zelensky before firing Tucker Carlson Rupert Murdoch was reportedly “disturbed” with Mr Carlson’s stance on Ukraine
The Guardian - US · May 2, 2023 Stephen Colbert on Tucker Carlson’s firing: ‘I can’t believe I finally get to say that’ Ahead of the writer’s strike which will shut down production, late-night hosts discuss Tucker Carlson’s firing, Trump’s CNN town hall and Brittney Griner.
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023 With democracy and a free press under attack, the BBC cannot afford to mire itself in scandal A media revolution is upending norms and values. Crises like the Richard Sharp debacle leave the corporation less able to respond, says Guardian columnist Emily Bell
Axios · May 1, 2023 Dominion Voting Systems tells its Fox News lawsuit story After reaching a settlement with Fox News for $787.5 Million, Dominion Voting Systems speaks exclusively with Axios.
Salon · May 1, 2023 "The monster cannot be killed" As for Fox News? "The monster cannot be killed," says a former spokesperson for the Republican National Committee