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Lachlan Murdoch seeks to sue more Crikey figures over January 6 insurrection article

Media boss Lachlan Murdoch is seeking to sue more senior figures of news outlet Crikey's publisher, claiming they played a "highly-active role" in defaming him.

ABC News

What sort of country are we? That’s the question implicit in Lachlan Murdoch v Crikey

For Australian media, this case is important – it asks whether anyone is free to publish in the public interest a hyperbolic remark about a wealthy media baron

The Guardian - AU

Crikey lawyers call on Lachlan Murdoch to provide evidence he repudiated Fox News falsehoods

Federal court hears no member of the Murdoch family has publicly repudiated the news channel’s claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 US election

The Guardian - AU

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Lachlan Murdoch alleges Crikey hired marketing firm to turn legal threat into subscription drive

News Corp co-chair’s lawyer tells federal court she intends to show Crikey did not republish article for public interest reasons

The Guardian - AU

Murdoch questions could delay Crikey suit

Lachlan Murdoch's lawyer has sought further information about decisions leading to online news site Crikey republishing an article he claims defamed him.

AAP

Judge tells Lachlan Murdoch's legal team to 'forget' some legal argument against Crikey

The timeline for Lachlan Murdoch's defamation case against online publication Crikey could blow out after his lawyers sought almost 200 questions be answered by the publisher before the trial gets underway.

ABC News

Lachlan Murdoch’s legal team loses bid to have parts of Crikey’s defamation defence dismissed

Australian independent publisher’s application to strike out parts of Murdoch’s reply also failed ahead of defamation trial

The Guardian - AU

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Lachlan Murdoch and Crikey both dealt blows in landmark defamation court battle

Lachlan Murdoch's bid to strike out parts of Crikey's defence fails, while the publisher has an application of its own thrown out.

ABC News

Lachlan Murdoch opens defamation lawsuit against Australian website

Mr Murdoch, who is Fox Corp chief executive and News Corp co-chairman is suing over an opinion piece about the storming of the US Capitol.

The Independent UK

Crikey and Lachlan Murdoch’s lawyers have first day in court as judge warns of ‘hyperbole’

Murdoch’s barrister moves to strike out parts of Crikey’s defence calling it ‘embarrassing and irrelevant’. Plus: Speers moves to the capital

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch's lawyers say Crikey is directing 'ridicule and hatred' at him, court case hears

Lachlan Murdoch's lawyers say the company which owns Crikey is “directing ridicule and hatred” towards him as a date is set for his defamation trial.

ABC News

‘What game is he playing?’: Lachlan Murdoch, Trump’s election lies and the legal fight against a small Australian website

Observers say a showdown between the minnow and the monolith has been looking ‘increasingly inevitable’

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch v Crikey may turn out to be a misconceived adventure in reputation repair

The defamation case could produce hitherto unknown information about the operations of Fox News that, at the least, prove embarrassing

The Guardian - AU

Sydney Morning Herald caught in the Crikey crossfire as letter to Lachlan Murdoch knocked back

The SMH and Age refused to accept Crikey’s ad citing competition for subscriptions. Plus: Bolt gets behind Avi Yemini

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An Australian news site dared Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch to sue. Now he has

An Australian news site published an opinion column arguing that Fox News, Lachlan Murdoch and his father Rupert shared in responsibility for the U.S. Capitol siege.

The New Daily

Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia’s defamation laws protect the rich and powerful

Crikey says it has published the correspondence between its lawyers and those of Murdoch in order to show how media power is abused in Australia.

The Independent UK

Lachlan Murdoch sues Australian website alleging it claimed he was complicit in Jan 6 riots

Crikey’s original article was removed when Murdoch’s lawyer wrote to the news outlet in June but was republished last week

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The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch's son sues Australian website for defamation

Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch is suing Australian news website Crikey in a Sydney court for defamation over an opinion piece about last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol

Reuters

Lachlan Murdoch sues Australian news site for defamation

Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch has filed a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he says accused him of being complicit in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions

Lawyers for Murdoch say an ad in the New York Times sought to ‘humiliate’ the Fox Corporation chief executive

The Conversation

Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia's defamation laws protect the rich and powerful

There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws enable the rich and powerful to intimidate their critics than Lachlan Murdoch suing Crikey.com over a comment piece concerning Fox News, Donald Trump and the Washington insurrection of January 6 2021.

Al Jazeera

Lachlan Murdoch sues Australia’s Crikey for defamation

Fox News boss sues Crikey over article linking the Murdoch family to the January 6 Capitol riots in the US.

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Aus Media Outlet Crikey Invited Lachlan Murdoch To Sue Them And He Just Did

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch has launched defamation proceedings against the Australian parent company of Crikey after they invited him to.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Morrison privileges push rejected, Kyrgios faces new legal action, Murdoch sues Crikey

Wednesday: Scott Morrison has been spared being referred to the privileges committee over his secret ministries – for now. Plus: a young dancer who wants ballet to be ‘more noisy’.

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