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
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- 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
This Month
‘Five minutes with god’: Rupert holds court at Murdoch Christmas bash
With the 93-year-old in town, dozens of the nation’s most powerful political, sporting and media executives were drawn to Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch’s annual party.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Synagogue attacked; AusSuper’s $1 trillion woe; Murdoch Christmas bash
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Rupert Murdoch makes surprise Australian homecoming
The “retired” media mogul has made his first trip Down Under in many years.
- Mark Di Stefano
November
Murdoch’s Fox News, ‘bro’ podcasts the big winners from Trump victory
Liberal audiences are tuning out while the media baron’s channel attracts record numbers in the United States.
- Anna Nicolaou
Chris Ellison and MinRes choose the path of most avoidance
For the Mineral Resources founder, as well as its chairman, James McClements, temporary embarrassment is a price worth paying.
- Mark Di Stefano
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- 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.
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- 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
There’s already one winner from the US election: Fox News
The Murdoch family-controlled cable network – and The New York Times – are bullish about their prospects after the campaign boosted their audiences this year.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Election results roll in; ASX rallies; MinRes board under pressure
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
October
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
Musk dines with Murdoch to plot final moves for Trump
With less than two weeks until election day, the richest person in the world is throwing himself into the effort to elect the former president.
- Theodore Schleifer
Trump asks Murdoch to ditch ‘negative’ ads about him on Fox
Donald Trump has pleaded with media mogul Rupert Murdoch to stop negative advertising on his Fox network to help him win the election.
- Matthew Cranston
Rupert Murdoch, Don Meij stung in flat US prestige market
Deluxe foreign homes of corporates are flooding in for sale. Shame about demand.
- Mark Di Stefano
Harris launches media blitz to regain momentum
The push marks a gamble by the Democratic candidate to reach a wider pool of voters as party leaders worry she is losing momentum to Trump.
- Lauren Fedor
Why Musk’s all-in support for Trump has become manic
The richest man in the world has become obsessive about the stakes of the US election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.
- Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Ryan Mac and Jonathan Swan
September
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- 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.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Murdoch family case
Akin to Orwellian genius: Inside Murdochs’ Project Harmony
After a quarter-century of increasingly public bickering, today the only thing that can bring Rupert Murdoch’s family together is a court case.
- Neil Chenoweth
