“Oligarchs are oligarching”: Inside Rupert Murdoch’s family trust battle

Photo caption: Rupert Murdoch. Photo credit: Neil Mockford / GC Images / Getty Images. Article by Cara Michelle Smith. Salon – December 13, 2024.

A Nevada probate commissioner ruled last week against billionaire media scion Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust in order to guarantee that his eldest son, Lachlan, would have broad control over his massive empire. Murdoch attempted to remove three of his less conservative children’s voting rights on the company’s board, stripping […]

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