Lachland Murdoch

News Corp and Fox, while smaller than competitors, have diversified and hold valuable assets

Journalists and politicians in the U.K. both hailed and reviled the 92-year-old mogul after he announced Thursday that he was stepping down as leader of his companies Fox and News Corp., handing control to his son Lachlan

With a growing number of digital media sources available, right-leaning audiences have plenty of options for getting news, opinion and entertainment

His son, Lachlan, will control both Fox and News Corp., while the 92-year-old media magnate will become chairman emeritus of both companies, effective at board meetings in November

They are among the names submitted this week as potential witnesses by Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, although it doesn’t guarantee that they will appear in court

The revelations have bolstered critics who say Fox News Channel should be considered a propaganda network rather than a news outlet

‘The election was not stolen,’ he said in sworn questioning in January by lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems

Dominion said some Fox News employees deliberately amplified false claims that Dominion had changed votes in the 2020 election

The company, which sells electronic voting hardware and software, must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendants acted with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth