This has been an absurdly big week for ageing media magnates. On Monday, the latest episode of Succession (spoiler alert) finally delivered on its promise by killing off its ferocious, foul-mouthed, billionaire patriarch, Logan Roy, after three and a half seasons of ruthless ambition, the bulk of which came at the expense of his squabbling children.
But then, not to be outdone, Wednesday brought Vanity Fair’s long report about Roy’s real-life inspiration, the billionaire patriarch Rupert Murdoch, filled with the sort of juicy insider details that could have only come from someone close to the source.
