LOADING ERROR LOADING Australian news mogul Rupert Murdoch stunned the media world Thursday by announcing his resignation as chairman of Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, and News Corp. “I never thought he’d do it,” a former Fox executive told Vanity Fair of Rupert’s decision. Politico senior media writer Jack Shafer, in a piece titled “The Rupert Murdoch …
The media world is reeling from the news Rupert Murdoch is retiring after decades building his empire. NPR journalist David Folkenflik, who documented Rupert Murdoch's rise in the book Murdoch's World, says the retirement isn't completely unexpected. Lachlan Murdoch is close to his father, and Rupert Murdoch's letter to staff outlines a shared worldview: "My father firmly believed in freedom, …
If you didn't know that media mogul Rupert Murdoch merely retired from the boards of Fox Corp. and News Corp., you might have assumed that he died. Also making headlines is Michael Wolff's soon-to-be-released book, "The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty," which has been described in terms that make it sound like the autopsy of …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born conservative news titan, announced his retirement from News Corp., the parent company of Fox, Fox News and countless other media properties across the Anglosphere, on Thursday. In addition to these levied and looming financial losses, Fox News’ promotion of Trump’s lies could also cost the Murdochs the broadcasting licenses issued by the Federal …
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from the chairmanship of his media companies. Thursday’s announcement that Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. prompted news organizations the world over to ransack the obituaries they have been keeping in their vaults. — Rupert Murdoch, unrepentant at publishing the forged Hitler diaries in 1983 Murdoch may be …