Rupert Murdoch

Succession battle for Murdoch’s media empire plays out in US courtroom

11 Sep 2024 - 1:32PM

UK election: major tabloid The Sun backs Labour over Sunak’s Tories

4 Jul 2024 - 1:45AM

Harry accused of destroying evidence, ‘obfuscation’ in suit against Murdoch papers

A lawyer for the publisher of The Sun tabloid accused Prince Harry of destroying evidence it was seeking in his lawsuit claiming the newspaper violated his privacy

27 Jun 2024 - 9:36PM

A lawyer for a British tabloid accused Prince Harry of destroying documents sought in litigation. Photo: Reuters

Billionaire media boss Rupert Murdoch’s 5 marriages – and 1 almost-marriage

It’s the media boss’s fifth wedding: he’s been married to Jerry Hall – who has children with Mick Jagger – as well as Wendi Deng, Anna Murdoch Mann and Patricia Booker

6 Jun 2024 - 7:00PM

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, marries for fifth time

Rupert Murdoch tied the knot with Elena Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him.

3 Jun 2024 - 1:11PM

Meet Lachlan Murdoch’s glamorous model wife of 25 years, Sarah Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch’s wife Sarah was one of the fashion world’s most successful models in her heyday, and tried her hand at acting too – here’s what you need to know about her

21 May 2024 - 6:00AM

Lachlan Murdoch and Sarah Murdoch have been married for 25 years. Photo: VF20/WireImage

5 of New York’s richest billionaires – net worths, ranked: from media to tech

Ever wondered how the Big Apple’s billionaires made their money? Here’s exactly how they did it – and what some have planned for it once they’re gone

3 May 2024 - 5:00AM

Who is billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch’s fifth wife-to-be, Elena Zhukova?

Murdoch, who broke off his fifth engagement with Ann Lesley Smith last year, met his current fiancée through Wendi Deng, his third wife

12 Mar 2024 - 6:00PM

Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged again

The media mogul got engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, which would mark his fifth trip down the aisle.

8 Mar 2024 - 10:14AM

Royalty

Prince Harry settles phone hacking claim, says mission to tame media continues

The British royal accepted ‘substantial’ damages from the Mirror group, which was accused of invading his privacy via illegal snooping.

10 Feb 2024 - 4:45AMvideocam

Britain’s Prince Harry is seen in June 2023. Photo: Reuters

Royalty

UK’s King Charles and Princess Kate leave hospital after planned treatments

Charles spent 3 nights in hospital after a procedure for an enlarged prostate while Kate spent 2 weeks at the same London hospital following abdominal surgery.

30 Jan 2024 - 8:24AMvideocam

Celebrity children

Who is Rupert Murdoch’s ‘wild child’ Gen Z granddaughter Charlotte Freud?

Charlotte aka ‘Tiarlie’ is the daughter of Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s second daughter, and PR specialist Matthew Freud – here’s what you need to know about her

8 Mar 2024 - 10:06AM

Prince Harry, Elton John can take case against Daily Mail publisher to trial

Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other claimants accuse ANL, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, of phone-hacking and other serious privacy breaches dating back 30 years.

10 Nov 2023 - 8:07PM

A British judge ruled on Friday that a lawsuit by Prince Harry, Elton John and five other celebrities accusing a newspaper publisher of unlawful information-gathering should go to a full trial. Photo: AP

Outside In | Murdoch’s star is waning, and that can only be good news

The media mogul has arguably shaped the news business as no one else has, but his legacy is also tainted by scandals over journalistic ethics and his role in stirring the pot of populist politics. His son and successor now faces multiple challenges, but the Murdoch star may have waned.

29 Sep 2023 - 4:14PMvideocam

Rupert Murdoch, left, executive chairman of News Corp and chairman of Fox News, and his son Lachlan, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, walk together in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 13, 2017. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Succession IRL? Meet Rupert Murdoch’s 6 kids, from Lachlan to Chloe and Grace

Billionaire Rupert Murdoch just stepped down from his role as chairman at Fox Corporation and News Corporation – so what do we know about his 6 children, including his successor Lachlan?

27 Sep 2023 - 2:42PM

Real-life Succession as Murdoch exits Fox, hands empire to son Lachlan

Magnate Rupert Murdoch’s surprise announcement that he’s stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire.

22 Sep 2023 - 2:06PMvideocam

Rupert Murdoch hands over media empire to son

22 Sep 2023 - 11:42AM

02:06

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down from Fox, News Corp

His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the sole chairman of News Corp and continue as the chair and CEO of Fox, the companies said.

22 Sep 2023 - 12:38AM

Happily ever after! 10 supermodels who married billionaires (and heirs)

From Miranda Kerr and Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel, and Ming Xi’s romance with the late Stanley Ho’s son Mario, here are 10 supermodels who married billionaires, or their heirs …

29 Jul 2023 - 12:10AM

Prince Harry lawsuit against tabloids set for trial, hacking claims thrown out

The younger son of King Charles and the late Princess Diana, is suing over alleged invasions of privacy by The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, from the mid-1990s until 2016.

27 Jul 2023 - 9:56PM

BBC sex photo claims are ‘rubbish’, young person’s lawyer tells broadcaster

British media has been gripped in recent days by a report in the Sun newspaper that one of the BBC’s top presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexual images.

11 Jul 2023 - 8:34AM

Members of the media work outside the BBC headquarters in London, Britain on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

From jets to jail: here’s what Elizabeth Holmes’ life will look like in prison

Elizabeth Holmes will have to bid farewell to private jets and fancy meals as she prepares to serve jail time at Federal Prison Camp – here’s what her new life will look like …

29 May 2023 - 10:50PM

Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison

Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to report to prison to begin her 11-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors.

18 May 2023 - 5:35AM

Succession’s Roy family and the Murdochs, compared – how similar are they?

After four seasons of drama, Succession is finally coming to an end this month … but how similar are the fictitious Roys to the real-life Murdochs, the family believed to have inspired the show?

12 May 2023 - 11:29AM

Brian Cox (outermost left) plays the character Logan Roy on HBO hit show Succession, said to be inspired by Rupert Murdoch (centre left); his fictional daughter Siobhan Roy seems to mirror certain facets of Elisabeth Murdoch’s own life, too. Photos: AP, Reuters, @succession/Instagram, Getty Images

Biden laughs off age gags, attacks news outlets for ‘lies’ at roast

In a possible preview of a 2024 presidential campaign theme, he attacked news outlets he said used “lies told for profit and power” to stir up hatred in the United States.

30 Apr 2023 - 3:44PMvideocam

US President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington. Photo: Bloomberg

Prince William struck secret deal with Murdoch group to settle phone-hack claim

Court documents state the deal was struck with Buckingham Palace to ‘avoid the situation where a member of the royal family would have to sit in the witness box’.

25 Apr 2023 - 7:43PM