Lachlan Murdoch will take the reins at Fox and News Corp this week from his media tycoon father Rupert Murdoch - but he does so during one of the most difficult period’s in the divisive broadcaster’s history as it faces a series of legal battles.
The 51-year-old, the eldest son of newly-retired Murdoch, steps onto centre stage as Fox tries to recover from a bruising year where it fired its most popular host, Tucker Carlson, and paid out a $787.5million, settlement to voting technology firm Dominion.
