By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-25 10:00:08 | Updated at 2024-09-30 21:29:26
5 days ago
Murdoch family fights in secret over future of media empire
BBC ^ | Sep 25 | Samantha Granville and Emma Vardy
Posted on 09/25/2024 2:37:21 AM PDT by RandFan
“Vegas is where you get married, Reno is where you get divorced,” as the saying goes in the US state of Nevada.
State law allowing some legal cases to be conducted more quickly and discreetly than elsewhere in the US means this relatively small city has served as the quiet backdrop to dramatic family fallout over a global media empire.
Rupert Murdoch and his family flew in from all over the world to determine how the empire would be divided among his children when the 93-year-old patriarch dies.
For six days, the city saw a seven-car convoy of black SUVs carry the media mogul and his family to the Washoe County Courthouse.
The succession battle, which concluded on Monday, was heard in private.
The court has given no indication on when a decision will come. When this does arrive, it will be unavailable to the public.
The senior Murdoch usually left the courthouse after lunchtime, while his four children stayed inside until nightfall - all keeping their lips sealed as they exited.
Whatever the outcome of the case, it will have far-reaching consequences extending beyond the family drama, shaping the trajectory of the world's most influential conservative media company.
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Interesting.
The RINO/lefty contingent are trying to gain control while the word is Rupert wants the more conservative son to take over...
1 posted on 09/25/2024 2:37:21 AM PDT by RandFan
To: RandFan
Fox goes left? That is all the world needs, another left wing propaganda outlet.
2 posted on 09/25/2024 2:51:13 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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