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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

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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
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
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Updated product lacks polish

We didn’t even know the kiwi was threatened.

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Rupe’s a shoe-in for best-dressed

While The Donald goes ga-ga 68 years too late.

Former Executive Chairman of Fox Corp Rupert Murdoch listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2025 in Washington; Sneakers and suits on the runway at the Louis Vuitton menswear show in Paris last month.

Suits and sneakers: The Paris runway is in step with Rupert Murdoch

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is sticking with sneakers at the White House.

  • Damien Woolnough
murdoch at trump’s oval office

What was Murdoch really thinking as he joined Trump’s stage?

The media titan was curiously relegated to a new role on Monday - Donald Trump’s stage prop when the president announced plans for a US sovereign wealth fund.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Donald Trump signs executive order as Rupert Murdoch looks on in White House.

Rupert Murdoch in Oval Office as Trump shakes up trade ties with Mexico, Canada

The US president paused tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and praised the “legendary” media mogul even as he lashed Murdoch’s newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.

  • Michael Koziol

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