Hugh Jackman sings for Rupert Murdoch at billionaire’s 95th birthday party Actor reportedly performed numbers from his 2017 film ‘The Greatest Showman’ The Independent UK · Mar 10
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere to Scarpetta – the seven best shows to stream this week Louis delves into the controversial world of hypermasculine influencers at last, while Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis light up a fun thriller about a crime-solving forensic pathologist The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg The Guardian - AU · Mar 4
Netflix to release four-part series about Rupert Murdoch’s family drama ‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 March The Guardian - US · Feb 26
Rupert Murdoch's second wife, Anna de Peyster, dies The former wife of Rupert Murdoch and mother to their children James, Lachlan and Elisabeth has died in Florida aged 81. AAP · Feb 21
Tactical, influential and mad about Rupert: Anna Murdoch-Mann remembered after her death aged 81 Philanthropist and mother of Elisabeth, James and Lachlan Murdoch died at home in Palm Beach, Florida The Guardian - AU · Feb 20
Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns CMA and Ofcom to examine DMGT takeover amid fears merger could curb ‘diverging editorial stances’ in press The Guardian - UK · Feb 12
Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff The Guardian - US · Feb 12
Trump has ‘private’ dinner with Rupert Murdoch at the White House amid Epstein lawsuit: report The pair reportedly sat down together at the White House despite a legal back and forth that has been going on for over six months The Independent UK · Feb 11
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists The Guardian - US · Feb 7
Eddy Shah obituary Newspaper owner who took on the print unions and in 1986 launched Today, Britain’s first full-colour daily The Guardian - UK · Feb 6
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992 The Guardian - US · Feb 6
Rupert Murdoch sends unsubtle message to Trump to stop the madness in Minneapolis ANALYSIS: The conservative mogul used his vast media empire to convince the president to change the narrative and soften the optics of the administration's brutal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis after the shooting of yet another US citizen, Justin Baragona writes. The Independent UK · Jan 27
California Post brings brash New York-style tabloid news to the West Coast Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post has launched a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast The Independent UK · Jan 26
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24 The Battle of Wapping begins – archive, January 1986 On 24 January 1986, nearly 6,000 newspaper workers at Rupert Murdoch’s News International went on strike over plans to move print operations from Fleet Street to east London
International Business Times UK · Jan 5 Critics Warn Trump Loyalists Now Own Your Personal Data And Major News Outlets Across America Critics warn that a new wave of corporate influence, linked to Donald Trump and his wealthy allies, is reshaping control of personal data and major US media platforms.
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025 Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’ ‘Mr. Trump will never admit his 2020 claims were partisan nonsense. But Republicans who care about the future could do their man a favor by refusing to keep indulging them,’ the editorial board wrote this week.
The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025 ‘What happened to Tucker?’: Newsmax takes Ben Shapiro’s side in the raging MAGA civil war ‘I think that specifically what Tucker Carlson is doing is horrific,’ one Newsmax guest exclaimed while simultaneously saying Ben Shapiro was ‘courageous’ for calling Carlson out.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025 Dugal Nisbet-Smith obituary Other lives: Journalist and general manager of Times Newspapers in the 1970s
International Business Times UK · Dec 4, 2025 The Murdoch Family, One of the World's Most Influential Clans, Sees Charlotte Freud Debut a Fresh Dental Makeover Charlotte Freud, heir to the Murdoch empire and descendant of Sigmund Freud, unveiled a striking dental makeover at a London art event, sparking renewed scrutiny of the influential dynasty's next generation.
The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2025 Murdochs blessed Fox News plan to air 2020 election fraud claims, Smartmatic alleges In key hearing in defamation case, Fox counters that network simply covered allegations by Trump associates
The Conversation · Dec 1, 2025 Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success Earlier this year, the world watched with interest as the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession drama came to a close.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2025 Sir Andreas Whittam Smith obituary Financial journalist who was the founding editor of the groundbreaking Independent newspaper in 1986
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2025 Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul? The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025 What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details Tens of thousands of documents were released as part of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network