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Sep 21 2023
News
Rupert Murdoch’s legacy
Fox Corp. and News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday that he has decided to “transition to the role of Chairman Emeritus at Fox and News” and pass the chairmanship of those companies to his older son and longtime corporate heir, Lachlan Murdoch. It’s unclear what that “transition” will look like in practice — the statement stresses Murdoch’s intention to remain fully involved in
Media Matters
Sep 21 2023
News
Rupert Murdoch is finally retiring
Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media titan who built one of the world’s most powerful media empires, is stepping down. “I have decided to transition to the role of Chairman Emeritus at Fox and News,” Murdoch wrote in a memo to staff. “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change. But the time is right for me to take on different
Mother Jones
Sep 24 2023
Opinion
Rupert Murdoch was my fiercest competitor
“I’m calling to celebrate the demise of Maxwell,” said Rupert Murdoch down the phone to me on the morning Robert Maxwell’s private effects were being auctioned in a bankruptcy sale. I acknowledged that Maxwell had been a frightful scoundrel, but that he was an unforgettable character and I didn’t like to think of him floating around dead in the Bay of Biscay. “I do,” was the reply. Murdoch, as
UnHerd
Sep 21 2023
News
Angelo Carusone on Rupert Murdoch stepping down: “The world is worse off because of Rupert Murdoch”
Angelo Carusone, President & CEO of Media Matters for America, issued this statement following reports that Rupert Murdoch is retiring from the boards of Fox Corp. and News Corp. and will be replaced by his son Lachlan Murdoch:
Rupert Murdoch’s legacy is one of deceit, destruction, and death.
Wherever his media properties exist across the globe, they disregard basic
Media Matters
Sep 23 2023
News
What Rupert Murdoch's Retirement Means For Fox
“Most folks are all saying the same thing: ‘You think he’s really going away?!’” That was the sentiment of a high-level Fox News executive upon the announcement that 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch was stepping down from the top of his global media empire. He handed the reins to his son, Lachlan Murdoch, who was already the CEO of Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, and who will now
Mediaite
Sep 21 2023
News
Fox News Founder Rupert Murdoch Is Retiring
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced he is stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox in a memo to staff on Thursday. He will officially retire in November and will pass the torch to his son, Lachlan Murdoch, who will also remain as CEO and executive chairman of Fox Corporation. In the memo, Murdoch (92) said he will still be involved in brainstorming new content and ideas, saying he will
Gizmodo
Sep 22 2023
News
Donald Trump Finally Weighs in on Rupert Murdoch’s Retirement
Donald Trump has finally responded to Rupert Murdoch’s decision to retire as chairman of Fox Corporation and executive chairman at News Corp. In a Friday post on Truth Social, the former president denied claims that he “forced” Murdoch into retirement before quickly pivoting to criticizing “Democrat Mitch McConnell” for being weak-willed against the “Radical Left Lunatics.” Trump turned on Fox
Daily Beast
Sep 22 2023
News
Rupert Murdoch: How magnate transformed Australia’s media
"His genius has been to discover different ways in which his two passions - a desire for money and a thirst for power - can be combined," is how Prof Robert Manne, a former News Corp contributor, described it in a 2011 essay. By 1964 he owned papers in every state and was in the process of launching the nation's first ever national broadsheet - The Australian. He was also planning his move
BBC News
Sep 21 2023
News
How Rupert Murdoch Built His Media Empire
Rupert Murdoch, shown in 1985, amassed a collection of media over the decades. Over seven decades, the Australian-born magnate compiled an array of news outlets, book publishers, and film and television properties into a global behemoth. Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media tycoon who announced his retirement on Thursday, spent the past 70 years building a global media empire that gave him
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