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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
Rupert Murdoch with children Elisabeth, Lachlan and James.

Why Rupert Murdoch has blown up his favourite son’s future

The media mogul rolled the dice in trying to secure his empire for son Lachlan and has ended up pitting the latter against the collective might of his siblings.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Life imitates art for Rupert Murdoch and his children (from left) Lachlan, Elisabeth, Prudence and James.

James Murdoch spills the beans on family feud in explosive interview

Alleged betrayal by his father, Rupert, has led to James revealing innermost family secrets for the first time.

  • Colin Kruger
Life imitates art for Rupert Murdoch and his children (from left) Lachlan, Elisabeth, Prudence and James.

‘You’ve blown a hole in the family’: The inside story of the Murdoch succession drama

Rupert Murdoch thought he was going to die as the spectacular failure of his plan for dynastic control of the conservative media group unravelled.

  • Colin Kruger
Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan.

Trump headaches to dog Fox and the Murdochs in 2025

Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch still face massive legal battles stemming from US President-elect Donald Trump’s previous election loss.

  • Colin Kruger
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the opening of the queer museum in Sydney in February. The museum was a pet project of Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch.

Albanese is in a fight with News Corp – he might as well start throwing punches

The Labor prime minister has gone out of his way to appease – if not please – News Corp. It hasn’t worked.

  • Paddy Manning

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