• Succession battle: How Trump could cost Lachlan Murdoch billions

  • Feb 26 2025
  • Length: 27 mins
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Succession battle: How Trump could cost Lachlan Murdoch billions

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  • This week on The Fin podcast, senior writer Myriam Robin and author Neil Chenoweth on the bitter fight for control of the Murdoch empire and why the election of Donald Trump couldn’t have come at a worse time for Rupert’s succession plans.

    Further reading:
    The Murdochs go to war – through the media
    Rupert and Lachlan have failed, for now, to take control of the family trust. But that outcome is by no means the end to hostilities between the media scions.
    ‘Self-interested people’: Why Murdoch and Trump are back in business
    Rupert Murdoch is known for aligning his business interests with the politician of the hour. His appearance with Donald Trump this week was no different.
    Logan Roy’s death morphed into a real life Murdoch succession drama
    Shortly after the fictional patriarch died on television, the family behind the News and Fox empires began to plot life after their patriarch, Rupert.

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