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Albanese to announce social media age ban

Labor is planning on introducing a minimum age for access to social media, and Clare O’Neil highlights the ‘total despair’ of young people trying to find affordable housing.

Crikey

How do you make a series about Lachlan Murdoch when he won’t participate? We asked the ABC

The ABC has created a three-part Australian Story on Lachlan Murdoch. The first hurdle? He wouldn’t talk.

Crikey

Meet Rupert Murdoch’s nepo babies fighting for control of dad’s multibillion-dollar media empire

The patriarch of Fox and News Corp. appears to have chosen a favorite.

Fortune

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Can Lachlan Murdoch rein in scandal-hit Fox as 2024 election looms?

With cable news in a death spiral, Fox Corp facing potentially crippling lawsuits, and dad Rupert Murdoch stepping back, Lachlan will have a full inbox of challenges in his new role as head of the family empire, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire

For Lachlan Murdoch, this has been a long time coming — assuming, that is, his moment has actually arrived

The Independent UK

Lachlan Murdoch: how Rupert Murdoch’s “laid back” eldest son went from exile to his chosen successor

Critics warn that Murdoch’s chosen one could be the architect of Fox News’ extremist turn. So what does his appointment mean for US politics? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Lachlan Murdoch: The heir apparent to father Rupert’s media empire who was groomed for top job from childhood

Lachlan Murdoch was groomed as father Rupert’s successor from childhood, writes Bevan Hurley

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Rupert Murdoch’s talent for ‘the long game’ will see him through his annus horribilis

A costly court settlement, the firing of his kingmaker-in-chief, a messy divorce... and ‘Succession’: the tycoon is enduring a torrid year, writes Nick Hilton. Will it finally erode the power of his empire?

The Independent UK

‘Lachlan’s in the mire’: Fox News case spells trouble for Murdoch heir

Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, who oversaw the network’s slavishly pro-Trump line, features prominently in evidence revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit

The Guardian - US

Watch the fiction, read the unauthorised bio: Lachlan Murdoch and the world’s most newsworthy media family

Written over more than two years, The Successor interviews about 60 people about the heir apparent in Australia, the US and the UK.

Crikey

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’

The Guardian - US

‘Remarkable’, ‘gorgeous’, ‘entertaining’: the best Australian books out in November

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

The first biography of Lachlan Murdoch provides some insights, but leaves important questions unanswered

The title of Paddy Manning’s The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch tells us what is good and not so good about this biography.

The Conversation

Why Lachlan Murdoch may not have the News Corp succession sewn up

In The Successor, Paddy Manning tells the intriguing story of a man who at once is one of the world's most prominent media barons, but who also actively shuns the spotlight.

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The Guardian - US

‘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

The Guardian - AU

Q+A moves back to Monday nights, ending speculation it might be axed

Schedule change restores ABC’s traditional Monday news and current affairs lineup. Plus, Rupert Murdoch to work from home

Crikey

The very rich are different from you and me. Is Jerry Hall destined to join them?

The big, big numbers speculated about in the divorce settlement between Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall make this real-life Succession episode all the more interesting.

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