Forget ‘Succession’. This is Murdoch’s real-life existential crisis
Even more than the financial hit, the Dominion defamation trial against Fox could have a damaging impact on Rupert Murdoch’s reputation and legacy – just as he looks to hand over the reins.
London | Rupert Murdoch claims never to have watched Succession, despite allegedly putting a clause about the hit TV show in his divorce agreement with Jerry Hall.
The fictional saga about the internecine struggles of a powerful US media dynasty is loosely based on the billionaire media mogul. However, the real-life Murdoch appears to have lined up his own succession plans in a more orderly fashion: son Lachlan is already the head of Fox Corporation and ready to take the reins.
