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Exclusive: CEO Will Hayward calls comments ‘appalling’ and that he would ‘no longer be publishing his work’

Eric Beecher is a rare beast: a combination of journalist, media owner and idealist. In 1984, aged 33, he became the youngest-ever editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and he has worked around the world as a journalist. He is currently chair and the largest shareholder in Private Media, owner…

The legal to and fro surrounding the 2021 US Election has seen Fox News retreat from its second defamation case this week.

Incensed by an opinion piece, Lachlan Murdoch came at Crikey with guns blazing. But in the end he walked away – for the second time in a week

‘Murdoch sued us, and then dropped his case. We are proud of our stand. We won’

Media scion discontinues case days after Fox News settled with Dominion in a separate lawsuit in the US

Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he said accused him of complicity in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendant was trying to generate publicity.

Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against the publishers of Crikey, who have claimed his withdrawal as a victory for free speech.

Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit