Rupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich
Will Hutton
Media mogul’s bid to extend rightwing influence beyond the grave must be resisted to the last
Most media barons hide their ambitions behind the language of journalistic impartiality. Not the Murdochs
Julianne Schultz
As The Australian turns 60, the Murdoch dynasty celebrates another year of reshaping Australia in its vision
The weekly beast
Nine journalists do their block over Scott Cam’s Paris Olympics appearance amid strike
Amanda Meade
Age reporter questions expense of flying TV personality to Europe while up to 90 staff are cut from newsrooms. Plus: Murdoch’s real-life succession drama
May 2024
Editor-in-chief of news.com.au among casualties in News Corp Australia restructure
Staff told some people will ‘regrettably leave our business’ as media empire is reorganised into three divisions
The weekly beast
News Corp editors try to impress as Rebekah Brooks and Lachlan Murdoch land in Sydney
Amanda Meade
The editor-in-chief of the Australian rolls out questionable readership figures and plugs for its new true crime podcast. Plus: Seven news boss rallies the troops
News Corp’s Rebekah Brooks joins Lachlan Murdoch in Sydney ahead of major Australian newspaper restructure
Staff brace for significant cuts as media company prepares to make moves to counter decline of print and slow advertising market
November 2023
Headaches at Fox as Lachlan Murdoch takes reins from father Rupert
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in signal of support for Ukraine
Network of Lies review: Brian Stelter on Fox News, Trump and Dominion
The weekly beast
Rupert Murdoch eases into retirement as Lachlan takes up baton of ‘philosophical integrity’
Amanda Meade
October 2023
Telegraph auction poses litmus test for value of newspapers in digital age
The Fall review: Michael Wolff spills the goss on Murdoch, Trump and Fox
September 2023
‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama
The Murdoch story is the endless pursuit of control, power and profit – Rupert’s resignation is unlikely to change that
Walter Marsh
Full Story
The Murdoch succession – Full Story podcast
‘Rupert Murdoch is a symptom’: Fox’s future politics look the same as past
Coming soon to Fox? Tony Abbott, the Australian former PM who said climate crisis was ‘absolute crap’
Lachlan Murdoch ‘doubling down’ on right-wing strategy with Tony Abbott’s nomination to Fox board, say critics
The Guardian view on the Murdoch handover: Lachlan inherits a dark legacy
Coming up for heir: News Corp in uncharted waters with Lachlan Murdoch at the helm
