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Rupert Murdoch fails in bid to change family trust
The move was an attempt by the 93-year-old to cement his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch’s control of the family empire after his death.
- by Calum Jaspan
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British streamer closes in on Foxtel
News Corp is edging closer to selling its pay TV and streaming business, with a deal potentially putting the company that broadcasts AFL and NRL games into foreign hands.
- by Calum Jaspan
Money, power and ... Rupert descend on Lachlan Murdoch’s Christmas bash
Australia’s politicians, media figures and power players descended on Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch’s Bellevue Hill mansion for their highly exclusive and renowned Christmas bash.
- by Calum Jaspan
Greens to call News Corp execs to greenwashing inquiry over gas ads
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says News Corp should explain its alleged attempt to disguise paid “propaganda” as news.
- by Calum Jaspan
Analysis
Media & marketing
Is media mogul Rupert Murdoch set for a summer holiday in Australia?
The press baron’s companies are embroiled in court cases that need his attention, but that hasn’t stopped speculation he might be spending some time Down Under.
- by Anne Hyland
Opinion
Rupert Murdoch
The odds are stacked: Shareholders stare down Murdoch and lose (yet again)
Dual-class shareholding structures are the antithesis of shareholder democracy – more of a corporate version of a gerrymander. But to get rid of them, you need a shareholder vote.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Media & marketing
Murdoch family survives push to loosen its grip on News Corp
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp said a hedge fund’s proposal to eliminate the dual-class share structure that cements his family’s control over the media group was “convincingly” defeated.
- by Colin Kruger
Two hours after Alan Jones was bailed, here’s how Sky News reacted
The broadcaster’s former colleague Andrew Bolt said the allegations, if proven true, would see “one of the greatest falls from grace we have seen in this country”.
- by Jessica McSweeney
The Murdochs want to get rid of Foxtel. There’s just one problem
Almost 30 years after it set up the pay TV business, News Corp wants to cut the cord. However, finding a willing buyer for Foxtel could be a challenge.
- by Calum Jaspan
Cricket captain cracks open the craft beer market
Pat Cummins has become the first outside investor with Mountain Culture Beer Co.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Six teams to save America: Sky News goes all out for MAGA fans
Sky News Australia has the largest presence of all Australian commercial media organisations in the US for the election, creating pro-Trump videos for an increasingly online US audience.
- by Calum Jaspan