Rupert Murdoch to step down as Fox news Chairman

[Bingoman]

Not sure if I put this in the right place but the 92 year media mogul has decided to step down as fox and news Corp Chairman and will be replaced by son Lachahan and not elder won James

weather you like him or not this is a big moment for the media landscape around the world

Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp

Writing to his colleagues, Mr Murdoch said it is the right time for him to take on different roles - adding that he remains in "robust health".

news.sky.com

 

[moochedit]

We can't relax until he is 6 feet under with a stake through his heart.

 

[danny la rouge]

But will he stay stood down and will it ultimately be Kendall, Roman or Siobhan, or someone else?

 

[strung out]

The entire family is scum, but out of the potential heirs, Lachlan was definitely the scummiest option.

Could be a fun succession battle coming up if the other siblings decide to vote his appointment down once Murdoch senior finally carks it.

 

[Bingoman]

Just to add to mods if i put the thread in wrong forum subject please move to right one many thanks

 

[moochedit]

Just to add to mods if i put the thread in wrong forum subject please move to right one many thanks

Think it should be in news and politics but up to the mods.

 

[moochedit]

Checks..

Is Rupert Murdoch Dead?

Oh

 

[Bingoman]

Think it should be in news and politics but up to the mods.

When i writing I thought that too but I chose the wrong forum I think

 

[moochedit]

When i writing I thought that too but I chose the wrong forum I think

Don't worry about it.

 

[Bingoman]

Don't worry about it.

I'm not now lol

 

[moochedit]

Wonder if this has anything to do with it?

Rupert Murdoch often wishes Donald Trump dead, Michael Wolff book says

Media mogul has become ‘a frothing-at-the-mouth’ Trump critic, Fire and Fury author writes in new book, The Fall

www.theguardian.com

 

[MickiQ]

Lachlan is the elder son, he was the one who suddenly split for no apparent reason but has since been welcomed back to the fold. He's not the oldest child though, he has an older sister and an even older half-sister. But presumably Murdoch is misogynistic amongst his other failings and wants a man at the helm.

Wonder if this has anything to do with it?

Rupert Murdoch often wishes Donald Trump dead, Michael Wolff book says

Media mogul has become ‘a frothing-at-the-mouth’ Trump critic, Fire and Fury author writes in new book, The Fall

www.theguardian.com

TBF I can fully understand where he's coming from with that.

 

[moochedit]

TBF I can fully understand where he's coming from with that.

Yeah stopped clocks etc...

 

[cupid_stunt]

James Murdoch rather burnt his chances of taking over, because of his his commitment to environmental issues.

James Murdoch's climate stance distances him from family empire

Criticism of denial by News Corp and Fox underlines Murdoch heir’s transformation

www.theguardian.com

 

[stavros]

He could've given the reins to someone much more responsible, honest and law-abiding.

 

[Petcha]

Well played Lachlan...

 

[emanymton]

Wonder if this has anything to do with it?

Rupert Murdoch often wishes Donald Trump dead, Michael Wolff book says

Media mogul has become ‘a frothing-at-the-mouth’ Trump critic, Fire and Fury author writes in new book, The Fall

www.theguardian.com

I wondered that as well. But then I thought that is just me sliding into a bit of conspiratorial thinking and it is probably just that he is 92.

 

[Yossarian]

Murdoch's been running the family business since he was 21, 71 years ago. I've heard that some old people who've been working solidly their entire lives end up just dropping dead soon after they retire

 

[Bingoman]

He could've given the reins to someone much more responsible, honest and law-abiding.

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Leave Sidesbobs sister out of this

 

[paul mckenna]

Murdoch's been running the family business since he was 21, 71 years ago. I've heard that some old people who've been working solidly their entire lives end up just dropping dead soon after they retire

it's related to loss of status. Monkeys who are split from their pack often die also

 

[T & P]

is he the one who looks a bit like the Gestapo guy from Allo Allo?

 

[moochedit]

is he the one who looks a bit like the Gestapo guy from Allo Allo?

Herr flick?

 

[T & P]

Herr flick?

Yes, him. I seem to remember similar Nazi-style glasses frames.

 

[Sue]

Imagine working till 92 when you don't need the money. Madness.

(That'll be why he's a billionaire or whatever and -- among other reasons -- why I am not. )

 

[Raheem]

Imagine working till 92 when you don't need the money. Madness.

(That'll be why he's a billionaire or whatever and -- among other reasons -- why I am not. )

He's not been working though, has he? He's been getting wheeled around to dribble in his various boardrooms.

 

[T & P]

Imagine working till 92 when you don't need the money. Madness.

(That'll be why he's a billionaire or whatever and -- among other reasons -- why I am not. )

That'd be because his motivation was never making money, at least not for many decades anyway. It's his relentless need for power and desire to control not just the political agenda of the countries he has significant media influence in but the very outcome of general elections that has kept the rancid cunt ticking for this long.

It always makes me laugh when there's the odd half-hearted attempt in this country to have a discussion about the influence newspaper owners like him might have on the editorial policy of the papers they own. Hilariously, the official line is that he doesn't meddle at all. I still remember one stat (probably from Private Eye) from the time leading to the 2003 second Iraq war, which a lot of papers, politicians and members of the public across the Western world were split on. At the time, Murdoch owned a total of 144 newspapers, magazines and any other kind of current affairs media all over the world. The for/ against the war editorial breakdown of his media empire was 144 in favour of going to war, 0 against. But he really doesn't have a say on the editorial policy of any of his papers, apparently.

 

[Raheem]

The newsreader on Al Jazeera just said that Rupert Murdoch had "retired at the end of a career that saw him spread his business everywhere, from Australia to New York".

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The newsreader on Al Jazeera just said that Rupert Murdoch had "retired at the end of a career that saw him spread his business everywhere, from Australia to New York".

Like a global dirty protest then? That figures.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

How many decades have we been waiting for this evil old cunt to drop dead. FFS just get to hell already.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Worst thing about his death though will be the Kier Starmer tribute. I predict it will pay respects to the family and refer to him as ‘transforming the media landscape’. Maybe, if we’re lucky their will be a minor acknowledgment of ‘differences of opinion’.