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Lachlan Murdoch

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Rugby league supremo Peter V’landys.

News Corp bosses boycott Origin as V’landys goes to war over drugs question

A series of fiery conversations led to News Corp editors turning down their invitations to watch last week’s game from the NRL’s corporate suite.

  • Michael Chammas

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Ballarat Grammar has a storied past.

A school published an obituary for a beloved teacher. It turns out he’s very much alive

Ballarat Grammar’s school magazine has lately been generating interest for all the wrong reasons.

  • Stephen Brook, Gemma Grant and Kishor Napier-Raman
Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors?

The Murdochs are stuck in a multibillion-dollar family feud. The empire they’re fighting over is flourishing

Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors?

  • The Economist
Sky News: Andrew Bolt, Paul Murray, Peta Credlin.

Sky News’ bush broadcasts in balance as Network 10 mulls next move

The News Corp-owned network’s roster of stars may stop beaming into regional homes in Australia’s three most-populous states if current broadcast agreements are not renewed.

  • Calum Jaspan
Rupert Murdoch outside a US court room earlier this year as he sought to change the terms of the family trust.

The Murdochs wanted secrecy. The media want the world to watch

The Murdoch legal feud has moved to a higher court but has remained a ghost case with barely any official recognition of proceedings.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Saudi Arabia may have had a hand in News Corp’s Foxtel sale. Rupert Murdoch [left]; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman [right]

Foxtel’s sale backed by Saudi dollars close to the finish line

With the foreign investment watchdog spending the past three months scrutinising the deal, broadcast rights for AFL, NRL, cricket and Formula 1 could soon be in the hands of a global sports-streaming giant.

  • Calum Jaspan
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Allegiant Stadium: The view from up on high.

Even in Las Vegas, being behind the scenes in the chairman’s room is surreal

From K Rudd to T Pain, police escorts to media moguls, there was plenty of action off the field at Allegiant Stadium for the NRL’s gala kick-off.

  • Jordan Baker
Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch are attending the Fantauzzo gallery opening

Lachlan Murdoch emerges in Melbourne after family saga explodes

In the wake of more dirty laundry being aired by his brother, the favoured son of the world’s most powerful media family surfaced to attend a friend’s gallery opening.

  • Alexander Darling
Murdoch’s daughters were never a serious chance of taking over from him.

Handmaiden or peacemaker but never No.1: The Murdoch daughters ‘forsaken’ by their father

Though Prudence and Liz are Rupert Murdoch’s eldest children, their gender meant they were never considered genuine heirs to the throne.

  • Jordan Baker
Murdoch’s children began discussing the PR strategy for their father’s death after watching the season three episode of Succession in which the Logan Roy (Brian Cox) the patriarch of the family dies.

The Succession Memo: How Logan Roy’s death derailed Rupert Murdoch

The hit HBO show was said to be based on the dysfunctional Murdoch family, but in a case of life imitating art, the Murdochs began taking cues from their onscreen counterparts.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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