2023-09-22 08:20:25
Rupert Murdoch will become honorary chairman of both companies. Mike Segar / REUTERS
NARRATIVE – At 92, the Australian-American billionaire hands over the reins of Fox Corporation and News Corp. for the benefit of his son Lachlan.
Once described by Joe Biden as« most dangerous man on the planet », due to the considerable influence of his television channels and newspapers, generally populist, even reactionary, the tycoon Rupert Murdoch puts an end to an incredible career. The 92-year-old announced Thursday in a memorandum to staff at both companies in his media empire, News Corp. and Fox Corp., which he is handing over to his 52-year-old son, Lachlan.
Without scruple, playing on his flair to flatter public opinion and the elected politicians who depend on it, both in Australia and in the United Kingdom and the United States, he has become more powerful than had been in their times. other press moguls like William Randolph Hearst, Ted Turner, Axel Springer and Silvio Berlusconi.
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Next November, during News Corp’s general meetings. and Fox Corp., this native of Melbourne (Australia), who built his empire from a simple Australian tabloid inherited from his father in 1952…
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