Tactical, influential and mad about Rupert: Anna Murdoch-Mann remembered after her death aged 81 Philanthropist and mother of Elisabeth, James and Lachlan Murdoch died at home in Palm Beach, Florida The Guardian - AU · Feb 20
Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns CMA and Ofcom to examine DMGT takeover amid fears merger could curb ‘diverging editorial stances’ in press The Guardian - UK · Feb 12
Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff The Guardian - US · Feb 12
Trump has ‘private’ dinner with Rupert Murdoch at the White House amid Epstein lawsuit: report The pair reportedly sat down together at the White House despite a legal back and forth that has been going on for over six months The Independent UK · Feb 11
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists The Guardian - US · Feb 7
Eddy Shah obituary Newspaper owner who took on the print unions and in 1986 launched Today, Britain’s first full-colour daily The Guardian - UK · Feb 6
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992 The Guardian - US · Feb 6
Rupert Murdoch sends unsubtle message to Trump to stop the madness in Minneapolis ANALYSIS: The conservative mogul used his vast media empire to convince the president to change the narrative and soften the optics of the administration's brutal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis after the shooting of yet another US citizen, Justin Baragona writes. The Independent UK · Jan 27
California Post brings brash New York-style tabloid news to the West Coast Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post has launched a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast The Independent UK · Jan 26
The Battle of Wapping begins – archive, January 1986 On 24 January 1986, nearly 6,000 newspaper workers at Rupert Murdoch’s News International went on strike over plans to move print operations from Fleet Street to east London The Guardian - UK · Jan 24
Critics Warn Trump Loyalists Now Own Your Personal Data And Major News Outlets Across America Critics warn that a new wave of corporate influence, linked to Donald Trump and his wealthy allies, is reshaping control of personal data and major US media platforms. International Business Times UK · Jan 5
Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’ ‘Mr. Trump will never admit his 2020 claims were partisan nonsense. But Republicans who care about the future could do their man a favor by refusing to keep indulging them,’ the editorial board wrote this week. The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025
‘What happened to Tucker?’: Newsmax takes Ben Shapiro’s side in the raging MAGA civil war ‘I think that specifically what Tucker Carlson is doing is horrific,’ one Newsmax guest exclaimed while simultaneously saying Ben Shapiro was ‘courageous’ for calling Carlson out. The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025
Dugal Nisbet-Smith obituary Other lives: Journalist and general manager of Times Newspapers in the 1970s The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
International Business Times UK · Dec 4, 2025 The Murdoch Family, One of the World's Most Influential Clans, Sees Charlotte Freud Debut a Fresh Dental Makeover Charlotte Freud, heir to the Murdoch empire and descendant of Sigmund Freud, unveiled a striking dental makeover at a London art event, sparking renewed scrutiny of the influential dynasty's next generation.
The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2025 Murdochs blessed Fox News plan to air 2020 election fraud claims, Smartmatic alleges In key hearing in defamation case, Fox counters that network simply covered allegations by Trump associates
The Conversation · Dec 1, 2025 Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success Earlier this year, the world watched with interest as the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession drama came to a close.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2025 Sir Andreas Whittam Smith obituary Financial journalist who was the founding editor of the groundbreaking Independent newspaper in 1986
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2025 Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul? The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025 What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details Tens of thousands of documents were released as part of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network
The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025 Fox Corp chief told Sean Hannity that Trump could not go on air in 2020 if he attacked network Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents show
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025 Voices: Why Rothermere’s £500m Telegraph takeover exposes a digital power play – and a dilemma for Starmer COMMENT: The Mail-Telegraph merger is raising fears about monopolies and influence, but the motivations behind it lie in online subscriptions, says Chris Blackhurst – leaving the prime minister and the watchdogs struggling to keep up
Pedestrian.tv · Nov 22, 2025 Kristen Bell & Brian Cox Blindsided By Their Casting In A Jesus-Themed Fox News Podcast The pair were among the actors shocked to learn years-old audio footage was being repurposed for a podcast series about the life of Jesus Christ.
The Conversation · Nov 20, 2025 Airbrushing and exhortations: Ita Buttrose reflects on her life in media – well, some of it Ita Buttrose is a consequential figure in Australian public life for many reasons, most of all because of her work as a journalist, so it is odd that only one chapter of her memoir Unapologetically Ita is wholly devoted to this.
The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025 How chummy is too chummy? Epstein emails shine light on relationships between journalists, sources The emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein that were released this week shine a light on the relationship between reporters and their sources — and that light isn't always flattering