This Month
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Rupert Murdoch’s family plan explodes
Project Harmony has hit the world’s rockiest succession plan like a tactical nuclear device.
- Neil Chenoweth
Cabinet reshuffle looms; ANZ scandal ramps up; Ugly market outlook
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Rupert Murdoch’s secret family battle for his empire’s future
The media baron has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.
- Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
Kingmaker to spectator: Rupert Murdoch bumped to Republican sidelines
The media baron’s backseat position at the Republican Convention reflects his diminished influence over a party wholly remade in Donald Trump’s image.
- Updated
- Daniel Thomas and Christopher Grimes
A letter and PowerPoint about News Corp made this activist fund $120m
A failed bid to merge with Fox Corporation pointed out the inherent value in a couple of News Corp’s assets. One investor cashed in on the rise.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and Millennial
His youth – there are nearly 40 years separating them, and he is the first Millennial nominated to a major-party ticket – could prove a boon to the ticket.
- Michael Gold
Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle
Sir Rod Carnegie soared across the corporate sky in the ’70s and ’80s but was thwarted in his attempt to secure full Australian local control of mining giant CRA.
- Andrew Clark
Newlywed Murdoch joins Bezos and Canva duo at billionaires’ retreat
The 93-year-old media mogul is no longer returning home to mark The Australian’s 60th anniversary – but he does appear to have given it a present.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Billionaires
Old and new money meet at billionaires’ annual retreat
Network Ten owner Shari Redstone was in Sun Valley along with Bob Iger, a crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls and the tech elite for the annual Allen & Co gathering.
- Nick Bonyhady
Billionaire ‘French Murdoch’ behind Le Pen’s rise
Vincent Bollare’s TV channel and related media outlets have normalised and amplified the far-right leader’s message ahead of this weekend’s French elections.
- Benoit Berthelot and Tara Patel
June
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Tenacious Ventures lives up to its name with $18m raise in hard market
Members of the Schwartz, Denholm and Murdoch families have committed money to the agricultural technology investor that has overcome hurdle after hurdle.
- Nick Bonyhady
Fourth gen Murdoch joins the family trade
Lachlan’s son joins the family business, arriving in News Corp’s Sydney newsroom.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
The tallest tales from 50 years of Chanticleer
Movers and shakers from around Australia helped celebrate 50 years of The Australian Financial Review’s revered Chanticleer column. Here are the top tales and anecdotes from each of our past columnists.
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The leak that got away: Chanticleer on Foxtel’s $2b losses
Seven former Chanticleer columnists reminisced about their biggest stories on Thursday to celebrate the column’s 50th anniversary. Here’s what they said.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Newlywed Rupert Murdoch cancels grand return to Australia
Long said to be Rupert Murdoch’s favourite newspaper, The Australian is turning 60 next month. He won’t be there to celebrate in person.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Rupert Murdoch’s surprising choice of wedding footwear
The internet can’t decide if it was a power play or just a practical choice for a man of his age.
- Guy Trebay
Rupert Murdoch hosts secret wedding as he eyes trip home
Rupert Murdoch tied the knot for a fifth time on Sunday. He could be visiting Australia as soon as next month.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May
News Corp unveils major restructure, with editors shown the door
The restructure is aimed at saving up to $65 million, will likely result in north of 100 redundancies, in one of the biggest overhauls of the Murdoch family’s publishing and broadcast empire in decades.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
News Corp strikes lucrative content deal with OpenAI
The Wall Street Journal said the deal could be worth more than $377 million as the rise of generative AI tools is poised to transform the publishing business.
- Gerrit De Vynck
- Opinion
- Obituaries
The day I predicted the downfall of Tony O’Reilly
Regarded for much of his life as the most successful Irishman in modern history, the industrialist’s charm wasn’t enough to save his business empire.
- Aaron Patrick