Roger Ailes’s wife publicly attacks the Murdochs amid Tucker Carlson fallout Elizabeth Ailes refers to Rupert Murdoch’s sons as characters from English nursery rhyme The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Fox News hit with new defamation lawsuit after massive settlement Nina Jankowicz was former executive director of government division dealing with disinformation threats to national security The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch explains why Fox News settled Dominion case for $787m Lachlan Murdoch says Fox paid $787m to settle a lawsuit on its reporting to avoid a divisive trial and lengthy appeals process The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
First Thing: Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused columnist E Jean Carroll Verdict for first time legally brands a former US president as a sexual predator but clears Trump of rape. Plus, can New York’s Carbone survive its own success? The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch explains settlement, says no change at Fox Lachlan Murdoch says Fox paid $787 million to settle a lawsuit on its reporting to avoid a divisive trial and lengthy appeals process The Independent UK · May 9, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch: After Huge Dominion Settlement, Fox News Faces a 'Fundamentally Different' Legal Challenge With Smartmatic Unlike with Dominion, CEO says Fox will be able to tout its First Amendment rights as a 'news organization' as it faces another libel suit from another voting machine maker Broadcasting & Cable · May 9, 2023
Fox reports $54m loss for first three months of 2023 Company says loss is mostly ‘due to charges associated with legal settlement’ in Dominion case The Guardian - US · May 9, 2023
Dominion Settlement Leaves Fox With $54 Million Q3 Loss Revenues rose 18% to $4.08 billion thanks to Super Bowl Broadcasting & Cable · May 9, 2023
Fox isn't in the apology business. That could cost it a ton of money When Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed investors on Tuesday, he did not apologize for the events that led to a $787 million settlement over the broadcasting of election-related falsehoods. WEKU · May 9, 2023
The Murdochs chatted to Zelensky before firing Tucker Carlson Rupert Murdoch was reportedly “disturbed” with Mr Carlson’s stance on Ukraine The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
One Goliath is wounded but challenges remain In one of the world’s most tightly-held media industries, one smaller voice struck a blow for freedom of expression. 360info · Apr 30, 2023
Tucker Carlson was a powerful conservative and a friend to Donald Trump. Why is he out at Fox News? Ever since Tucker Carlson was pushed off his prime-time perch, rumours have swirled about why Fox News would get rid of its most powerful pundit. ABC News · Apr 29, 2023
‘Blood in the water’: where next for the Murdoch empire, and what about the succession? Fox News settlement seen as ‘moment of weakness’ that puts focus on mogul’s heirs and their future The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023
What the Dominion settlement could mean for four Fox board members The Dominion lawsuit against Fox News should prompt board directors to think about their personal liabilities. Fortune · Apr 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023 Nixed nuptials, Fox in trouble and ‘erratic’ behaviour … Is Rupert Murdoch OK? In the grand tradition of his newspapers – we really deserve to know, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Salon · Apr 27, 2023 Tucker breaks silence amid new texts Fox execs discovered salacious, redacted private messages the day before trial was set to start, NY Times reports
TV Tech · Apr 27, 2023 Fox Forms Tubi Media Group CTO Paul Cheesbrough will lead the new unit for its standalone digital businesses as CEO
Fortune · Apr 26, 2023 The theories surrounding why Tucker Carlson got fired The popular prime-time host was fired abruptly from the news network earlier this week, and theories about reason for his ousting are swirling.
Broadcasting & Cable · Apr 26, 2023 Fox Forms Tubi Media Group, Puts CTO Paul Cheesbrough in Charge of New Digital Unit Standalone digital business unit will house Tubi, Credible and Blockchain Creative Labs; Farhad Massoudi will step down as Tubi streaming CEO
The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2023 Tucker Carlson’s vulgar language in texts contributed to Fox News firing – report Host called senior colleague a C-word in text message obtained by lawyers as part of Dominion lawsuit
The Conversation · Apr 25, 2023 As Fox News settles its lawsuit with Dominion, will it make any difference to how it reports? The jurors were chosen. The packed court room was waiting for the lawyers’ opening statements in the defamation case launched more than two years earlier by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News.
ABC News · Apr 25, 2023 Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch face another giant legal claim over Fox News 'disinformation' The lawyer representing voting technology company, Smartmatic, says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are key to the $US2.7 billion case they have brought against Fox News and Fox Corporation.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2023 Rupert Murdoch’s news empire knowingly lied. Can we just pause to take in how extraordinary that is? Fox News, one of the world’s most powerful media organisations, effectively admitted it broadcast untrue information. What happens now?
The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023 Lachlan Murdoch could well have won his Crikey lawsuit, so why did he drop it? Late last week, Lachlan Murdoch dropped his defamation claim against key figures behind online publication Crikey.
ABC News · Apr 21, 2023 Murdoch's decision to drop Crikey defamation case is 'best case scenario' for everyone The legal to and fro surrounding the 2021 US Election has seen Fox News retreat from its second defamation case this week.