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M.B. Mack

Rupert Murdoch Suffers Defeat in Real-Life Succession Drama Sparked by an Episode of HBO's 'Succession'

The preeminent press baron of our time has, of course, been Rupert Murdoch, who from the 1960s extended his Australian newspaper empire to the UK (buying The Sun and The News of the World in 1968 and The Times in 1981). (Credit: AFP)

A Nevada commissioner has ruled against Rupert Murdoch's attempt to alter his family trust in favor of his eldest son, preserving equal control of his media empire among his four children.

Rupert Murdoch, 93, sought to amend the irrevocable family trust established in 2006, aiming to consolidate control under Lachlan Murdoch, head of Fox News and News Corp.

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