Rupert Murdoch is stepping down (sort of)
The tycoon handed the baton to his son Lachlan at this week’s News Corp and Fox shareholder meetings, but will remain actively involved in the company
Rupert Murdoch’s complicated legacy
News Corp and Fox, while smaller than competitors, have diversified and hold valuable assets
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Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
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
Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in court papers
A common theme emerging from the internal documents and depositions is that Fox executives and hosts doubted the election claims being peddled by Trump, but aired and emphasized them anyway
Fox chair Murdoch says 2020 election was fair: court filings
‘The election was not stolen,’ he said in sworn questioning in January by lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems
Fox hosts didn’t believe 2020 election fraud claims
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Dominion said some Fox News employees deliberately amplified false claims that Dominion had changed votes in the 2020 election
Murdoch pulls plug on possible merger of News Corp., Fox
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The media mogul’s family controls both corporations but had spun off the latter’s properties into a separate company after selling a large part of its entertainment empire to Walt Disney