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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Rupert Murdoch’s bid to change family’s trust over Fox News media empire control is rejected

Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, on March 30, 2023. Prince Harry's lawyer says the cover-up of unlawful information gathering at British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch went all the way to the top. Attorney David Sherborne said Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in the High Court that Murdoch was among the executives at News Group Newspapers aware of skullduggery carried out by journalists and private investigators working for the now-defunct News of the World, and The Sun. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry’s lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping by his tabloids

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FILE - Rupert Murdoch introduces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Rupert Murdoch deserves the gratitude of conservatives

By Cal Thomas

Lachlan Murdoch appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2020. Rupert Murdoch is stepping down at Fox and News Corp, son Lachlan will take over as chairman of both companies. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

Lachlan Murdoch, left, and Rupert Murdoch attend the TIME 100 Gala in New York on April 21, 2015. Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox Corp., the companies that he built into forces over the past 50 years. He will become chairman emeritus of both corporations, the company announced on Thursday. His son, Lachlan, will control both companies. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Rupert Murdoch handing reins of Fox News Corp. to son, Lachlan

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lawsuit against Fox for false election claims heads to trial

By David Bauder, Randall Chase and Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Rupert Murdoch introduces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala on Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Murdoch played at Fox News, a revelation that angered the judge when it came up at a hearing Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Judge: No separate defamation trials for Fox News, Fox Corp.

By Randall Chase

Tucker Carlson, left, and former President Donald Trump, right, react during the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 31, 2022. A defamation lawsuit against Fox News is revealing blunt behind-the-scenes opinions by its top figures about Donald Trump, including a Tucker Carlson text message where he said “I hate him passionately.” Carlson's private conversation was revealed in court papers at virtually the same time as the former president was hailing the Fox News host on social media for a “great job” for using U.S. Capitol security video to produce a false narrative of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Court records show political pressure behind Fox programming

By Nicholas Riccardi and David Bauder

President Donald Trump speaks during a FOX News Channel town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center, March 5, 2020, in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bad blood between Trump, Fox News colors 2024 presidential race

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rupert Murdoch introduces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala, Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. Murdoch, chairman of Fox Corp., acknowledged in a deposition that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he did not step in to stop them from promoting the claims. The documents unsealed Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, are at the heart of a defamation lawsuit against the cable news giant by Dominion Voting Systems. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Rupert Murdoch says some Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ false election claims

By Randall Chase

President Joe Biden delivers a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Thin-skinned Biden is the most dangerous man in the world

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Actor Robert De Niro attends the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit tribute to Martin Scorsese, presented by Chanel, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Robert De Niro rips Rupert Murdoch, Fox News founder, in anti-immigrant rant

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This June 25, 2019 photo released by Peter Mah shows former Hollywood executive Harris Katleman, right, and his grandson Nick Katleman at a book signing event for the elder Katleman's memoir, “You Can’t Fall Off the Floor: And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood,” in Beverly Hills, Calif. The book, which was co-written by Nick Katleman, was published on June 25. (Peter Mah via AP)

Hollywood executive’s book recalls misbehaving stars, moguls

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks to visiting students following a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. House Democrats are rounding the first 100 days of their new majority taking stock of their accomplishments, noting the stumbles and marking their place as a frontline of resistance to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ocasio-Cortez: Backlash from Omar’s 9/11 comments ‘an incitement of violence’ against women of color

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE- This combo of file photos shows the 21st Century Fox sign outside of the News Corporation headquarters building on Aug. 1, 2017, in New York, bottom, and a Comcast sign on Oct. 12, 2017, in Hialeah, Fla. Comcast is making a $65 billion bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. (AP Photo/File)

Comcast challenges Disney with $65B bid for Fox

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox's entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Breaking up the Murdoch empire: Who gets what

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo a pedestrian walks by a Comcast Service Center, in Miami. Comcast Corp. reports earnings Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Comcast challenges Murdoch with rival bid for UK-based Sky

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

21st Century Fox offers concession to seal Sky takeover

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

UK actor Tennant accepts damages over tabloid phone hacking

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Fox News chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch attends the WSJ. Magazine 2017 Innovator Awards at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Murdoch has told senior managers at 21st Century Fox that he will be working from home for a few weeks after a recent back injury in a sailing accident. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Rupert Murdoch suffered back injury during sailing accident

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press