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The Australia-born businessman has announced he will retire as chairman of Fox and News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch’s resignation as chair of News Corp feels like a storyline from Jesse Armstrong’s biting HBO satire about the Roy media dynasty. As the eldest Murdoch son takes over the family business, Nick Hilton compares the minted kids of the real-life and fictional families

Mr Murdoch is retiring as chairman of his Fox and News Corp businesses.

‘The point about his being in robust health and robust with ideas – we can attest to that,’ Dana Perino says about 92-year-old Murdoch

Media mogul told staff he was leaving after seven decades and ‘take on different roles’

Rupert Murdoch’s passing the crown to Lachlan comes as Fox News faces a difficult balancing act in the run-up to the 2024 election

Magnate Rupert Murdoch's surprise announcement Thursday that he's stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire.

Besides Fox News, Murdoch started the Fox broadcast network, the first to successfully challenge the Big Three of ABC, CBS and NBC, with shows like “The Simpsons.”

Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, now seems to be his successor after seven-decade run as controversial media mogul