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Today
Foxtel’s UK suitor calls in Bank of America for advice
The group, backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, is understood to be working with BofA’s telecommunications and media team.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Updated
- Murdoch family case
Rupert Murdoch loses bid to cement Lachlan’s control over News Corp
The billionaire business mogul, 93, had asked a Nevada court to change a family trust to have his eldest son oversee the media empire after his death.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Founder problems? Pull the other one. Founder stocks are flying
Look at the companies whose shares have hit all-time highs this week and what do you see?
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Billionaire-backed British sports streamer turns Foxtel suitor
DAZN has been trying to build a global platform, aggressively expanding including in Australia. News Corp’s cable TV business could be its next target.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Updated
- Activist shareholders
Most non-Murdoch News Corp investors backed failed share collapse
A bid to end the family’s ‘outsized influence’ on the company has been “convincingly” defeated, News Corp says. Most other shareholders backed it, early results suggest.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Perpetual wants to maintain Murdoch control at News Corp
News Corp shareholders have been asked to vote on whether the company’s dual-class share structure should be collapsed this week.
- Anthony Macdonald
Another News Corp loyalist eyes retirement
Word’s gotten back the media company’s Campbell Reid may soon depart.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Updated
- Crime
Police charge Alan Jones with 24 offences days before trip to US
The veteran broadcaster was charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims after an investigation into “sexual touching offences spanning two decades”.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Star Casino gets a man on the inside at News Corp
The casino’s former PR man Peter Jenkins has popped up at Sydney’s ‘Daily Telegraph’.
- Mark Di Stefano
‘Active means active’: News Corp says Foxtel discussions are on
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson has given a fleeting update after putting Foxtel up for sale. There are “active discussions”, he says.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Second investor backs bid to end Murdoch’s control over News Corp
Irenic Capital supports a bid to collapse the company’s two classes of shares, which have cemented the founding family’s authority.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October
Netflix’s co-CEO says it’s ‘impossible’ to run the $500b giant alone
Greg Peters once wanted to be an astronaut – now he’s leading a company worth more than Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery combined.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Jeff Bezos faces backlash for refusal to endorse Harris
The world’s second-richest man owns the prestigious Washington Post. He is being accused of squashing the newspaper’s endorsement of the Democratic candidate.
- Christopher Grimes and Daniel Thomas
Rock stars and Wiggles: Google takes on big tech rules
The search giant is bankrolling parties and events that are an unsubtle reminder to the government of its huge power.
- Paul Smith and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Harris says she’s ‘not Biden’ in fiery Fox News interview
The Democrat sparred with the host over immigration policy while asserting that, if elected, her presidency would be different to the current administration.
- Matthew Cranston
US pension giants line up against Hamish McLennan
California’s public sector pension funds make a point of objecting to the re-election of the REA chairman.
- Mark Di Stefano
The media storm behind the NRL’s next billion-dollar play
Peter V’landys and his chief executive Andrew Abdo want a mammoth broadcast deal to shore up the code’s future. Will they bring an NFL-style model to Australia?
- Zoe Samios and Sam Buckingham-Jones
News Corp chief says higher Rightmove bid would have been ‘foolhardy’
The Murdoch family-controlled giant owns 61 per cent of REA, which had lobbed a $12 billion takeover bid for its British rival. But the offer was rebuffed.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Britain’s Rightmove to ‘carefully consider’ REA’s $12b takeover bid
News Corp’s real estate platform increased its offer to almost $12 billion after its first two bids were swiftly rejected by the UK’s biggest property portal.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Inside the Murdochs’ secret succession battle
This week on The Fin podcast, Neil Chenoweth and Sam Buckingham Jones discuss what Rupert Murdoch is trying to do to make sure Lachlan has total control.
