Murdoch Empire

Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election.

The storming of the US Capitol has triggered Rupert Murdoch's media empire to call time on Donald Trump, with The Wall Street Journal saying the president should resign and even acolytes on Fox News telling viewers he has reached the end of his shelf life.

The Philippines' wealthiest man Henry Sy, who rose from being a penniless Chinese immigrant to leading a multi-billion dollar business empire, died on Saturday, his conglomerate has announced.

Rupert Murdoch has always been a newspaperman at heart. And in the twilight of his life, in what The New York Times called his "King Lear moment," the ageing patriarch is carving up his empire and returning to what he knows best.

Twelve years ago, Lachlan Murdoch - the eldest son of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch - tried to emulate his father's success in reverse. The younger Murdoch moved back to Australia, hoping to build a media empire as smashingly successful as the one his father made after immigrating to the United States.

James Murdoch, who will take the helm of Twenty-First Century Fox next week, said there was little he and his father Rupert did not agree on with respect to the future of the family media empire.

Rupert Murdoch's media empire 21st Century Fox has struck a mega deal with British satellite television group BSkyB to create a pan-European pay-TV giant, the two companies announced on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch has elevated son Lachlan to the top of his multi-billion dollar family media empire after a seven-year break, appointing him non-executive co-chairman of both News Corp and 21st Century Fox Inc.

Rupert Murdoch split his corporate empire into two parts Friday under a long-promised plan to "unlock value" by separating high-flying entertainment operations from struggling publishing activities.

Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based around prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain.

James Murdoch was re-elected to the board of BSkyB on Thursday, ensuring his family's media empire retains a direct influence at Britain's biggest pay-TV company despite being weakened by a phone hacking scandal.

Elisabeth Murdoch steps out of the shadows this week to deliver the biggest speech of her career, a chance to show her credentials to take over father Rupert's empire as her brothers' claims to lead it out of scandal have faded.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...

Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt was under renewed pressure today following the revelation at Britain's press ethics enquiry of a further email from a top Murdoch aide.

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born media mogul, is the head of a $50 billion empire which spreads from the United States to Australia. The 81-year-old is chief executive of News Corp, a global media company that controls properties from Britain's Sun newspaper to America's Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal.

Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election.

The storming of the US Capitol has triggered Rupert Murdoch's media empire to call time on Donald Trump, with The Wall Street Journal saying the president should resign and even acolytes on Fox News telling viewers he has reached the end of his shelf life.

The Philippines' wealthiest man Henry Sy, who rose from being a penniless Chinese immigrant to leading a multi-billion dollar business empire, died on Saturday, his conglomerate has announced.

Rupert Murdoch has always been a newspaperman at heart. And in the twilight of his life, in what The New York Times called his "King Lear moment," the ageing patriarch is carving up his empire and returning to what he knows best.

Twelve years ago, Lachlan Murdoch - the eldest son of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch - tried to emulate his father's success in reverse. The younger Murdoch moved back to Australia, hoping to build a media empire as smashingly successful as the one his father made after immigrating to the United States.

James Murdoch, who will take the helm of Twenty-First Century Fox next week, said there was little he and his father Rupert did not agree on with respect to the future of the family media empire.

Rupert Murdoch's media empire 21st Century Fox has struck a mega deal with British satellite television group BSkyB to create a pan-European pay-TV giant, the two companies announced on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch has elevated son Lachlan to the top of his multi-billion dollar family media empire after a seven-year break, appointing him non-executive co-chairman of both News Corp and 21st Century Fox Inc.

Rupert Murdoch split his corporate empire into two parts Friday under a long-promised plan to "unlock value" by separating high-flying entertainment operations from struggling publishing activities.

Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based around prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain.

James Murdoch was re-elected to the board of BSkyB on Thursday, ensuring his family's media empire retains a direct influence at Britain's biggest pay-TV company despite being weakened by a phone hacking scandal.

Elisabeth Murdoch steps out of the shadows this week to deliver the biggest speech of her career, a chance to show her credentials to take over father Rupert's empire as her brothers' claims to lead it out of scandal have faded.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...

Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt was under renewed pressure today following the revelation at Britain's press ethics enquiry of a further email from a top Murdoch aide.

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born media mogul, is the head of a $50 billion empire which spreads from the United States to Australia. The 81-year-old is chief executive of News Corp, a global media company that controls properties from Britain's Sun newspaper to America's Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal.