How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire - and 'broke' his own family - TPR: The Public's Radio

How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire - and 'broke' his own family - TPR: The Public's Radio

Journalist Gabriel Sherman has covered the Murdoch family for nearly two decades. In his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, he chronicles the protracted public battle for control the family business. The post How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire — and ‘broke’ his own family appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

Lachlan Murdoch and the Cold Calculations of Estrangement: Fox Before Family

SEVERED From left: James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch in 2007. (Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)ShareSubscribe nowI write The Optionist, a standalone newsletter about IP ripe for adaptation and who reps it. Previously, I summarized 2025’s IP market. Subscribe here for my weekly list of promising books (new and backlist), long-form journalism, short stories, graphic novels and more.Few have traversed the right-wing media landscape as …