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Murdochs pull out all the stops to kill free speech at News Corp AGM

News Corp’s media outlets constantly lecture public figures about subjecting themselves to questions. Yet it works very hard to discourage questions from shareholders at its own AGM.

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Social media platforms have made journalism worse

When politicians go low for all those social media clicks, the media go lower to keep all those punters clicking.

Crikey

Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work

When businesspeople retire at an advanced age, it seldom makes headlines.

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Tucker Carlson fired after he got ‘too big for his boots,’ new book claims

The right-wing conspiracy theorist was dismissed in April despite his status as the most-watched cable TV personality

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson fired by Fox News for getting ‘too big for his boots’, book says

Network of Lies by Brian Stelter, excerpted in Vanity Fair, says firing was inevitable after he alienated large parts of network

The Guardian - US

‘I was young and naive – now I’m wizened and cynical’: James O’Brien on the politicians who always let you down

If Britain is broken, the talk radio host knows who to blame, from Nigel Farage to Jeremy Corbyn to Boris Johnson. True, he once voted for some of them, but he’s not going to let them off the hook

The Guardian - UK

Three former senior Lib Dems sue Sun and NoW publisher over phone hacking

Exclusive: Vince Cable, Chris Huhne and Norman Lamb claim they were targeted for stories or to 'exert political influence’

The Guardian - UK

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Anthony Holden obituary

Journalist, author and poker player who worked for the Sunday Times and became music critic of the Observer

The Guardian - UK

You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga

A meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empire

The Guardian - UK

Michael Leapman obituary

Other lives: Journalist and author who reported for the Times, the Sun and the Independent and wrote biographies of Rupert Murdoch and Neil Kinnock

The Guardian - UK

What is Starboard, News Corp’s activist investor?

It’s run by ‘the most feared man in corporate America’, so what does the equity firm have in mind for the Murdoch media empire?

Crikey

Fox News attorney claims network only settled Dominion lawsuit to avoid ‘months of utter pain’

Rupert Murdoch’s company paid voting technology company $787m to avoid a trial

The Independent UK

News Corp should spin off $7bn digital real estate assets, says activist investor

Rupert Murdoch empire could secure windfall by breaking up business, says Starboard Value

The Guardian - UK

Disney execs consider radical shake-up as crisis hits centenary celebrations

Can Bob Iger make the House of Mouse sparkle again, despite its waning cinema clout, and the huge cost of keeping up with Netflix?

The Guardian - UK

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Telegraph auction poses litmus test for value of newspapers in digital age

While falling sales suggest the demise of print, the industry has proved adaptable and remains attractive to media barons

The Guardian - UK

Labour may take heart from rightwing media reaction to Starmer’s speech

No repeat of ‘Sun backs Blair’ moment, but neutral coverage from Murdoch press and others should please party

Crikey

What News Corp AGM’s fine print reveals about pay — and Tony Abbott’s power

Sitting pretty with his multimillion-dollar pay cheque, Lachlan Murdoch wasted no time giving the former PM a powerful gig on Fox Corp’s board.

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Keeping up with the Pratts: Billionaire’s influence goes far beyond Trump

Billionaire Anthony Pratt and his family have long been at the epicentre of business and politics in Australia — but their influence doesn’t stop there.

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Evening Standard

The Telegraph has drawn a glittering array of bidders. But which will win?

Profitable and influential, the Telegraph is far from a distressed asset

The Guardian - UK

Stop press: Sun and Daily Mail owners to combine printing operations

Move by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and Lord Rothermere’s DMGT could result in closure of two printing sites

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch failed to declare meeting with Rupert Murdoch

Business secretary privately met media mogul in apparent breach of ministerial code of conduct

The Guardian - UK

The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff review – Succession without a sense of humour

No one emerges with much credit in Wolff’s second study of Rupert Murdoch and his family – a gossipy story of power and greed peppered with endless layers of psychological insight

Crikey

‘The older I get, the younger I was’: What’s it like to be the subject of News Corp coverage?

I will always be exploitation material in the eyes of the Murdoch press, but when I first clashed with them, I was an anonymous child in the raw stages of trauma.

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‘The older I get, the younger I was’: what’s it like to be the subject of News Corp coverage?

I will always be exploitation material in the eyes of the Murdoch press, but when I first clashed with them, I was an anonymous child in the raw stages of trauma.

The Guardian - US

The Fall review: Michael Wolff spills the goss on Murdoch, Trump and Fox

The Fire and Fury author returns with a typically readable account of the declining years of a rightwing media behemoth

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