James Murdoch

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

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

Will Hutton

28, Jul, 2024 @8:30 AM

Nine journalists do their block over Scott Cam’s Paris Olympics appearance as strike looms | Weekly Beast

Age reporter questions expense of flying TV personality to Europe while up to 90 staff are cut from newsrooms. Plus: Murdoch’s real-life succession drama

Amanda Meade

26, Jul, 2024 @8:10 AM

‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama

The author has returned to the Murdoch empire for his latest book, after a bestselling trilogy on Trump. He discusses power, politics, the media and why a person can be a moron and a genius

Zoe Williams

27, Sep, 2023 @9:00 AM

What does Rupert Murdoch’s resignation mean for his UK media outlets?

Lachlan Murdoch doesn’t share his father’s interest in Britain but Rupert is still deemed ‘very much in control’

Jim Waterson and Mark Sweney

21, Sep, 2023 @6:35 PM

Succession anxiety: bombshell claims about Rupert Murdoch and family

Vanity Fair article has caused stir with its bleak depiction of life inside super-rich media dynasty

Rachel Hall

13, Apr, 2023 @3:03 PM

News Corp cuts driven by Murdoch’s mission to prop up news assets

Weeks after Fox merger scrapped, investors say market value languishing because of underperforming businesses in portfolio

Mark Sweney

10, Feb, 2023 @4:37 PM

The Successor review: life of Lachlan Murdoch pulls punches all too often

Readers of Paddy Manning’s book should keep in mind the words of Media Matters: Fox News is ‘an unchained pro-Trump propaganda outlet that promotes white nationalism’

Charles Kaiser

14, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM

From George Floyd to Hunter Biden: Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News and the year that tested America

In an extract from his biography The Successor, Paddy Manning considers how Rupert Murdoch’s favored son dealt with the challenges of 2020, and what might come next

Paddy Manning

05, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

‘Lachlan gets fired the day Rupert dies’: Murdoch biography stokes succession rumors

New book by Australian reporter Paddy Manning hints at Succession-style feud with ramifications for US rightwing politics

Martin Pengelly in New York

31, Oct, 2022 @1:39 PM

Murdoch’s succession: who wins from move to reunite Fox and News Corp?

Deal would seal legacy with favoured heirs, but markets question whether companies should merge in the first place

Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

21, Oct, 2022 @2:56 PM

James Murdoch says US media 'lies' unleashed 'insidious forces'

Son of Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch issues excoriating rebuke following storming of the Capitol

Mattha Busby

16, Jan, 2021 @11:49 AM

Kevin Rudd petition seeking royal commission into Murdoch media nears 500,000 signatures

Petition surpasses Australia’s previous biggest e-petition to parliament – a 2019 demand for a climate emergency to be declared