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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Lauren Aratani

Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his children over his media empire

A very old white man with a mostly bald head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing an orange lanyard and suit without a tie, looks up from his phone and appears to listen to something likely very far away from where he is sitting.
Rupert Murdoch at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 17 July 2024. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

An elderly billionaire goes to war with his adult children over the future of his media empire. His only ally is his eldest son, crowned leader of his father’s enterprise after years of jostling with his siblings.

In choosing a successor, the patriarch spurns three of his other children, who remain threats: when he dies, they will each have just as much power as the eldest son to shape his companies, potentially against the rightwing ideologies that have guided them for decades.

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