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Piers Morgan to leave Rupert Murdoch’s News UK to focus on YouTube

The broadcaster, 59, is to buy the brand for his Uncensored show, and wants to focus on growing it in the US.

The Independent UK

Piers Morgan announces shock departure from Rupert Murdoch’s News UK empire

TV host’s ‘Uncensored’ channel boasts over 3.6 million subscribers

The Independent UK

News Corp Sells Foxtel For $3.4 Billion In Early Christmas Present For The Murdochs

News Corp has sold its pay TV and streaming giant Foxtel to global sports-network DAZN in a cheeky early Christmas deal.

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"I've walked past people with tattoos of mine on their arm without a flicker of recognition": How the Sisters Of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch avoids being stopped in public

Andrew Eldritch on the meaning of life, jazz-funk and beetroot

Louder

Memo to Rupert Murdoch: now is the time to sell Fox News

The hubristic afterglow at Fox News following Donald Trump’s election victory was rudely punctured by the Nevada Probate Commissioner Edmund Gorman. The commissioner ruled against the action brought by Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and in favour of Lachlan’s siblings – Prudence, Elisabeth and James.

The Conversation

Rupert Murdoch: The king came for his children and missed

It’s long been said that if you come at the king, you best not miss. Well, what happens if you are the king – and you miss? asks Justin Baragona

The Independent UK

The battle over Murdoch's media empire

The media mogul's bid to give his son Lachlan control over his Fox News media empire failed

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Can billionaire media moguls be trusted in Trump’s America?

The new gatekeepers use ‘trust’ to discredit the press and talk about removing bias with AI - distracting us from their own shift to the right

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Murdoch family drama: mogul’s death could imitate art

Events in a US court reveal a story that rivals HBO’s Succession with a patriarch’s waning control, sibling rivalries and a media empire at stake

The Guardian - UK

New plan seeks to force big tech to pay for Australian journalism

Anthony Albanese is making a new pitch to force social media companies to pay for Australian news, and has been criticised for supporting a ban on demonstrating outside places of worship.

Crikey

Shona Robison tears into Scottish Tories' 'Farage-esque attack' on asylum seekers

SHONA Robison has taken aim at the Scottish Tories for their motion aiming to strip asylum seekers of free bus travel...

The National (Scotland)

Real-life ‘Succession’: What is the latest Murdoch family drama all about?

Disagreements over the ownership of the Murdoch Family Trust have led to a legal battle.

Al Jazeera

Succession actor expresses ‘empathy’ towards Murdoch family amid real-life drama

‘My feeling is ‘I take that very seriously’’ said Strong after hearing about the Murdoch family situation

The Independent UK

Succession showed us the rich are largely miserable – and the Murdochs are living proof

What does Rupert’s failed attempt to hand his empire to son Lachlan tell us? They’d be happier giving their money away, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Surely Rupert and Lachlan won’t roll the dice again

It is time for the Murdoch family to sit down and negotiate a family settlement by agreement, not judicial decree.

Crikey

Albo adds childcare subsidies to reelection pitch

Anthony Albanese is strengthening his reelection bid with promises of more subsidised childcare, and we’re still waiting on Peter Dutton’s long-promised nuclear power costings.

Fortune

Rupert Murdoch’s children started 'secretly discussing' the future of his empire after seeing a ‘Succession’ episode

The plans were “intended to help avoid a real-life repeat” of the hit HBO show.

Salon

Murdoch loses bid to change family trust

Murdoch tried to give his son Lachlan control of his media empire to preserve Fox News’ conservative slant

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Evening Standard

The Succession scene that sparked the Murdochs' court case turmoil: how life imitated art imitating life

Leaks from a court case in Nevada have revealed the Murdoch children are locked in a new battle for control of their father’s media empire... and Succession may have kickstarted it

The Independent UK

How an episode of Succession sparked Rupert Murdoch’s bitter family feud over control of his media empire

Murdoch’s efforts to ensure his eldest son’s dominance over the empire were dealt a heavy blow in court

The Independent UK

Murdoch loses attempt to overhaul family trust in real-life ‘Succession’ battle

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch had sought to hand control of his news empire to his eldest son Lachlan.

Evening Standard

Rupert Murdoch loses attempt to overhaul family trust in real-life 'Succession' battle

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch had sought to hand control of his news empire to his eldest son Lachlan

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What happened when the doors of Syria’s most notorious prison were finally opened

In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s William Christou was the first western journalist to gain access to Sednaya prison. He reflects on what he saw

The Conversation

Rupert Murdoch loses his legal battle, leaving future of media empire in the balance

In the seemingly never-ending psychodrama surrounding Rupert Murdoch and his family, life has imitated art. Again.

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch loses Fox News ‘Succession case’ in bitter family row

The trust divides control of the company equally among four of Rupert Murdoch’s children after he dies

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