It turns 100 this year
His elder son Lachlan Murdoch, who has been leading the company with him, will become the sole chairman of both Fox Corp., the broadcast arm of the family's holdings, and News Corp., which encompasses newspapers and book publishing. Rupert Murdoch will become chairman emeritus. The changes will happen in November.Corporate officials say Murdoch remains in fine health and form. Murdoch made clear in his note to staff that he did not intend to simply fade away.
Murdoch's career has been marked by a singular drive for business success and repeated scandals. The political alliances he struck helped to spark both. His major outlets include Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Times of London and the New York Post. Despite Murdoch's contempt for former President Trump, Fox amplified his baseless claims of having been cheated in the race. Documents from that legal case showangry that Fox News journalists had projected Joe Biden would win Arizona on Election Night.
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