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Rupert Murdochs' Settlement Leaves Favoured Son Atop Family Media Empire
Three of Murdoch's children - Prudence, Elisabeth and James - will cease to be beneficiaries of the trust that controls Fox Corp. and News Corp. Instead, they'll get $1.1 billion each, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Fox News' Fate Hangs In Balance As Murdoch Family Feud Unfolds In US Court
A US tribunal began picking over the bitter spat between media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his children Monday in a case that could determine the fate of his empire, including the influential right-wing Fox News.
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Rupert Murdoch Vows To Play "Active Role" After Passing Torch To Son
Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election.
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Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Calls Time On Trump After US Capitol Siege
The storming of the US Capitol has triggered Rupert Murdoch's media empire to call time on Donald Trump, with The Wall Street Journal saying the president should resign and even acolytes on Fox News telling viewers he has reached the end of his shelf life.
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Rupert Murdoch Might Have To Bail Out His Son's Bankrupt Australian Channel
Twelve years ago, Lachlan Murdoch - the eldest son of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch - tried to emulate his father's success in reverse. The younger Murdoch moved back to Australia, hoping to build a media empire as smashingly successful as the one his father made after immigrating to the United States.
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James Murdoch Says Family is United as He Takes Helm of Fox
James Murdoch, who will take the helm of Twenty-First Century Fox next week, said there was little he and his father Rupert did not agree on with respect to the future of the family media empire.
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Rupert Murdoch Creates 'Sky Europe' Pay TV Giant
Rupert Murdoch's media empire 21st Century Fox has struck a mega deal with British satellite television group BSkyB to create a pan-European pay-TV giant, the two companies announced on Friday.
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Rupert Murdoch sets up sons to take over media empire
Rupert Murdoch has elevated son Lachlan to the top of his multi-billion dollar family media empire after a seven-year break, appointing him non-executive co-chairman of both News Corp and 21st Century Fox Inc.
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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...
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UK Olympics minister under fire on Murdoch man email
Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt was under renewed pressure today following the revelation at Britain's press ethics enquiry of a further email from a top Murdoch aide.
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Who is Rupert Murdoch?
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born media mogul, is the head of a $50 billion empire which spreads from the United States to Australia. The 81-year-old is chief executive of News Corp, a global media company that controls properties from Britain's Sun newspaper to America's Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal.
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We hacked in public interest: UK's Sky News
Rupert Murdoch's British satellite news channel has become the latest branch of the mogul's global media empire to acknowledge bending the rules in an effort to stay ahead.
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UK phone hacking: Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 other victims
Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people - including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer - who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press.
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British hacking inquiry to recall James Murdoch
A parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal within the British outpost of Rupert Murdoch's media empire said on Tuesday that it would recall his son, James Murdoch, to answer more questions about his knowledge of the affair.
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Reporter who broke Murdoch scandal gets book deal
The newspaper reporter who spent years investigating phone hacking claims in Rupert Murdoch's media empire has won a book deal.
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Rupert Murdochs' Settlement Leaves Favoured Son Atop Family Media Empire
Three of Murdoch's children - Prudence, Elisabeth and James - will cease to be beneficiaries of the trust that controls Fox Corp. and News Corp. Instead, they'll get $1.1 billion each, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Fox News' Fate Hangs In Balance As Murdoch Family Feud Unfolds In US Court
A US tribunal began picking over the bitter spat between media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his children Monday in a case that could determine the fate of his empire, including the influential right-wing Fox News.
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Rupert Murdoch Vows To Play "Active Role" After Passing Torch To Son
Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election.
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Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Calls Time On Trump After US Capitol Siege
The storming of the US Capitol has triggered Rupert Murdoch's media empire to call time on Donald Trump, with The Wall Street Journal saying the president should resign and even acolytes on Fox News telling viewers he has reached the end of his shelf life.
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Rupert Murdoch Might Have To Bail Out His Son's Bankrupt Australian Channel
Twelve years ago, Lachlan Murdoch - the eldest son of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch - tried to emulate his father's success in reverse. The younger Murdoch moved back to Australia, hoping to build a media empire as smashingly successful as the one his father made after immigrating to the United States.
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James Murdoch Says Family is United as He Takes Helm of Fox
James Murdoch, who will take the helm of Twenty-First Century Fox next week, said there was little he and his father Rupert did not agree on with respect to the future of the family media empire.
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Rupert Murdoch Creates 'Sky Europe' Pay TV Giant
Rupert Murdoch's media empire 21st Century Fox has struck a mega deal with British satellite television group BSkyB to create a pan-European pay-TV giant, the two companies announced on Friday.
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Rupert Murdoch sets up sons to take over media empire
Rupert Murdoch has elevated son Lachlan to the top of his multi-billion dollar family media empire after a seven-year break, appointing him non-executive co-chairman of both News Corp and 21st Century Fox Inc.
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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...
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UK Olympics minister under fire on Murdoch man email
Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt was under renewed pressure today following the revelation at Britain's press ethics enquiry of a further email from a top Murdoch aide.
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Who is Rupert Murdoch?
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born media mogul, is the head of a $50 billion empire which spreads from the United States to Australia. The 81-year-old is chief executive of News Corp, a global media company that controls properties from Britain's Sun newspaper to America's Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal.
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We hacked in public interest: UK's Sky News
Rupert Murdoch's British satellite news channel has become the latest branch of the mogul's global media empire to acknowledge bending the rules in an effort to stay ahead.
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UK phone hacking: Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 other victims
Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people - including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer - who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press.
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British hacking inquiry to recall James Murdoch
A parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal within the British outpost of Rupert Murdoch's media empire said on Tuesday that it would recall his son, James Murdoch, to answer more questions about his knowledge of the affair.
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Reporter who broke Murdoch scandal gets book deal
The newspaper reporter who spent years investigating phone hacking claims in Rupert Murdoch's media empire has won a book deal.
