Rupert Murdoch

The 52-year-old businessman will take the reins of News Corp in November as the U.S. presidential campaign kicks into gear

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

The British broadcasting corporation is struggling to maintain its status as a benchmark of a world class service

The company did not say why Dinh was leaving Fox Corp. Brian Nick, a spokesman for Fox, said the company had no comment beyond the statement

The network has built a hugely successful business with an opinionated operation that appeals to the emotions of viewers and doesn’t have much incentive to change the way it operates

Murdoch claimed he was defamed by a Crikey column about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building under the headlines: “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator”

The conservative station was not the only loser in Tuesday’s agreement: the former president and his false allegations of voter fraud also suffered a blow

‘Truth matters, lies have consequences,’ Dominion Voting System’s lawyer said after the out-of-court win

Rupert Murdoch’s network has been accused of defaming the voting machine company by spreading false accusations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Opening arguments have been delayed while a last-minute deal is negotiated

The trial will test press freedom and the reputation of conservatives’ favorite news source. It will also illuminate the flow of misinformation that helped spark the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

The 92-year-old media mogul ended his six-year marriage with a short message to the former model

The judge expressed anger and frustration during a pretrial hearing after learning that Fox only recently turned over recordings of Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo talking with two lawyers for then-President Donald Trump, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani

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

Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems argued that Fox recklessly repeated false accusations from supporters of former President Donald Trump

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

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

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

The network is relying on a nearly 60-year-old Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult to successfully sue media organizations for libel

Documents in the case in Delaware State Court show Murdoch and other Fox executives believed Joe Biden fairly beat Donald Trump

Dominion claims in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that Fox aired allegations that Dominion had doctored the vote against Trump, even as it knew that was untrue

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