Following The Wall Street Journal‘s bombshell report on a birthday letter Donald Trump allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, the president sued the newspaper’s parent company, News Corp.,Dow Jones (its publisher),two reporters for the Journal, and billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns News Corp. owner. According to the lawsuit, which …
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Prince Harry was not allowed to amend his upcoming lawsuit against News Group Newspapers with several new allegations, some of which pertained to media mogul Rupert Murdoch and others that involved his late mother, Princess Diana, and wife Meghan Markle. Harry and the more than 40 other plaintiffs involved in …
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In a measure to avoid paying millions of pounds to lawyers, Hugh Grant has accepted a settlement in his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers (NGN). The BBC reports that the resolution became known on Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for an expected trial. The transaction ends more than …
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An award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg that was set to be given to Elon Musk and Rubert Murdoch has been canceled. On Monday, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced that it would be canceling its awards gala this year after Barbra Streisand — who was awarded the Ruth Bader …
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The London tabloid world has traditionally been a sort of journalism Bizarro World, where entrapment is standard practice and news is manufactured on a profit-driven whim, often at the expense of innocent victims. For two decades, Mazher Mahmood strode over this ethics-starved world like a corrupt colossus, enabled by his …
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Australian media mogul and Fox News founder Ruper Murdoch has announced that at age 92 he will be stepping down as chairman of his flagship companies Fox and News Corp, and adopting a role as “chairman emeritus.” The official title will transfer to his son Lachlan Murdoch, 52, in November. …
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Lachlan Murdoch, the 52-year-old scion, has — at least for now — won the game of succession at the media empire built by his aging father, Rupert. Lachlan is not a change agent. His assumption of sole day-to-day command at News Corporation and Fox Corporation is a story of continuity …
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Donald Trump attacked Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, and accused him of using his media properties to sabotage his presidential campaign. In one of the two dozen clips from Trump’s recent video dump on Truth Social, the former president continued his ongoing feud with …
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In the weeks leading up to his announcement that he’d snub Wednesday’s Fox News GOP presidential debate, Donald Trump was relishing the idea of punishing the Murdoch family. The ex-president’s plans to ditch and counter-program the debate is in part retribution for the Fox-controlling clan’s backing of Florida governor Ron …
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A British judge ruled Thursday that Prince Harry’s snooping lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Group Newspapers can go to trial, albeit without one of its most damning allegations. Like his ongoing lawsuit against the Mirror Group’s tabloids — for which Prince Harry testified against in June — the Duke …
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