“Some fathers throw their sons the car keys. Others can offer larger toys,” noted Neil Chenoweth, in The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Media Wizard, a book detailing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
That was years before Rupert Murdoch decided to step down as the chairman of Fox and News Corp, to finally hand over the reins to his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch, marking the end of an era for a conglomerate that has been as influential as it’s contentious. The octogenarian media titan, who will formally transition into his new role as chairman emeritus in November, has also been synonymous with controversies, at the heart of many of which lies a recurring motif: media ethics.
