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Bitter Blood: Murdoch v. Murdoch

By: AYR Media
Narrated by: Alan Ruck
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  • Who will win the battle of succession?

    Rupert Murdoch is known as the media magnate who, over the course of 70 years, turned a small family newspaper company into the most powerful conservative media empire in history. With a net worth of almost $18 billion, he is not only one of the richest and most influential people on the planet, but his vast media empire has influenced governments and changed the course of history.

    Murdoch has been married four times and has fathered six children. He has exhibited a penchant for pitting his three middle children, Lachlan, James, and Elizabeth, against each other in lengthy competitions to become his favorite, and, therefore, heir to his businesses.

    In 2017, Murdoch announced to his children the unthinkable: that he’d be selling the biggest part of his media dynasty, 20th Century Fox. But only one of them could take the reins. Immediately, his children go to war, vying against each other for both their father's approval and his empire. The public and private feuds play out like Shakespearean tragedies, as the Murdoch family turns on one another in private and public displays of nepotism, sibling rivalry, entitlement, and international scandals.

    Narrated by Succession’s Alan Ruck, Bitter Blood Season 2: Murdoch v. Murdoch is a look at the inner workings of this famous family, told through exclusive interviews with key insiders, including employees, Murdoch biographers, and journalists. This is the tale of a family that battles for wealth and power at all costs, even if that means battling against each other until the bitter end.
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    Mar 27 2023

    Who will win the battle of succession?

    Rupert Murdoch is known as the media magnate who, over the course of 70 years, turned a small family newspaper company into the most powerful conservative media empire in history. With a net worth of almost $18 billion, he is not only one of the richest and most influential people on the planet, but his vast media empire has influenced governments and changed the course of history.

    Murdoch has been married four times and has fathered six children. He has exhibited a penchant for pitting his three middle children, Lachlan, James, and Elizabeth, against each other in lengthy competitions to become his favorite, and, therefore, heir to his businesses.

    In 2017, Murdoch announced to his children the unthinkable: that he’d be selling the biggest part of his media dynasty, 20th Century Fox. But only one of them could take the reins. Immediately, his children go to war, vying against each other for both their father's approval and his empire. The public and private feuds play out like Shakespearean tragedies, as the Murdoch family turns on one another in private and public displays of nepotism, sibling rivalry, entitlement, and international scandals.

    Narrated by Succession’s Alan Ruck, Bitter Blood Season 2: Murdoch v. Murdoch is a look at the inner workings of this famous family, told through exclusive interviews with key insiders, including employees, Murdoch biographers, and journalists. This is the tale of a family that battles for wealth and power at all costs, even if that means battling against each other until the bitter end.
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  • Episode 1: You Will Not Have a Son

    Episode 1: You Will Not Have a Son
    Apr 6 2023

    Rupert Murdoch’s proposed sale of Fox’s entertainment properties to Disney causes friction between his children--Lachlan, James and Elisabeth--and raises new questions of who will become successor to the media mogul’s global empire.
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  • Episode 2: His Father’s Son

    Episode 2: His Father’s Son
    Apr 6 2023

    The son of an ambitious and well-connected Australian newspaperman, a young Rupert Murdoch sets out to build a massive media empire with greater reach and influence than his father ever dreamed possible, conquering first Australia, then the UK and the United States, and finally, the world.
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Hard to rate the story as it was rather vile

Binged this in one sitting. oh the tangled webs we weave. Shockingly scary what the pursuit of money does. This podcast puts it all out there. it was presented in a way you could follow the jumble of toxicity. The only hero in this was Ann, wife number 2, for having the fortitude and forthought, and self-sacrificing nature, to protect her 'children' from being diminished by their father and his inevitable future dalliances. Well worth the listen. Searching for more by the same podcasters.

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Engaging

This podcast provides interesting insights into into a family with immense influence. The narrator did a great job in making the story entertaining.

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Like nails down a chalkboard

While there are areas of inaccuracy in the content (Onetel happened in the 90's, whereas the Murdoch/Packer dalliance with Channel 10 was 2010 onward, not the other way around), and yes the subject matter is pure, unadulterated greedy filth which just makes any reasonable human being angry, I struggled most with being repeatedly exposed to the voices of some of the contributing authors, both male and female. Paddy Manning particularly sounds like a 90yr old bogan great-grandmother. You know the expression 'a face for radio'? Well this is a case of 'a voice for print'. One quote might have been acceptable, but these two waxing lyrical over and over again was like nails down a chalkboard.
Alan Ruck however was an inspired choice to narrate the series! Brilliant in fact, and I hope he churns out more Audible work. It's odd, I wouldn't rate the guy as an actor on screen, but here he is in his element, and (thank christ) helps you forget the aforementioned cause of my bleeding ears!

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