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In this Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, file photo, Rupert Murdoch waits for the start of the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament between Rafael Nadal, of Spain, and Kevin Anderson, of South Africa, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Rupert Murdoch says sexual harassment claims at Fox News ‘largely political’

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

FILE - This Friday, July 25, 2014, file photo shows a view of the headquarters of the Italian Sky television broadcaster in Milan, Italy. Disney announced Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, that it is buying a large part of Fox. Under the deal, Disney will get at least a 39 percent stake in European satellite-TV and broadcaster Sky. Fox is hoping to acquire the remainder of Sky before the deal closes, giving Disney full control. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Fox looks to wrap up Sky takeover in UK, hand over to Disney

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

What stays, what goes: Disney and Murdoch after the sale

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Sky threatens to shut UK news channel if it hinders Fox bid

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 photo, British playwright James Graham poses for a photograph, outside The Duke of York's Theatre which is currently showing his play 'Ink', in London. Rupert Murdoch has power, wealth _ and legions of detractors, who say the media mogul's tabloids and TV stations have fueled crass celebrity culture, phone hacking and fake news. A new play in London explores the roots of his success and his divisiveness. Ink&quot; shows how Murdoch revolutionized British journalism, turning the failing Sun newspaper into the country's most influential tabloid through a mix of sin, sensation and sex. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Sun rises in new play about Murdoch’s tabloid revolution

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Thursday, May 4, 2017 file photo of Rupert Murdoch, right, Chairman of Fox News Channel, as he walks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, left, to their table for dinner aboard the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier docked in the Hudson River in New York. Britain’s Culture Secretary Karen Bradley is ruling on whether to permit the proposed 11.7 billion pound merge of Sky and Twenty-First Century Fox. Bradley is set to offer her verdict Thursday June 29, 2017. The merger would allow Rupert Murdoch to consolidate his power base in British media. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/File)

Murdoch takeover bid for Sky delayed for extra scrutiny

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Campaigners from the community-based organization Avaaz, wearing a mask of Rupert Murdoch, right, and Prime Minister Theresa May, stage a protest opposite parliament in London, Thursday, June 29, 2017. Britain’s Culture Secretary Karen Bradley is ruling on whether to permit the proposed 11.7 billion pound merge of Sky and Twenty-First Century Fox. Bradley is set to offer her verdict Thursday. The merger would allow Rupert Murdoch to consolidate his power base in British media. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: UK sees public interest concern in Sky takeover

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n this Feb. 9, 2015, file photo, Roger Ailes attends a special screening of &quot;Kingsman: The Secret Service&quot; in New York. Fox News said on Thursday, May 18, 2017, that Ailes has died. He was 77. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Fox News founder Roger Ailes died of complications from fall

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

Former US Sen. Kelly Ayotte joins Murdoch’s News Corp. board

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David Tennant among new claimants over tabloid phone hacking

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In this July 17, 2014 photo, Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corporation, listens to a question during a panel discussion at the B20 meeting of company CEOs in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool, File)

Donncha O’Cearbhaill, former LulzSec hacker, sentenced over Rupert Murdoch obituary prank

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 8, 2016 file photo, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly attends the 2016 Variety's Power of Women: New York in New York. Fox News’ Kelly is booked to co-host the morning talk show “Live” with Kelly Ripa on the day after the election. The show said it will be Kelly’s first time as a co-host. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Fox boss: We want to keep Megyn Kelly

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch (right) and his son James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, arrive at his residence in central London on July 10, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rupert Murdoch raises encryption concerns: ‘Vast majority want safety over privacy’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Rupert Murdoch speaks during a forum on "The Economics and Politics of Immigration," in Boston, in this Aug. 14, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for ‘real black President’ tweet

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Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. As night fell Sunday in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street. Police attempted to push them back by firing tear gas and shouting over a bullhorn that the protest was no longer peaceful. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

‘More Fergusons’ coming, warns media magnate Rupert Murdoch

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London where he will appear to face charges related to phone hacking, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Ex-U.K. tabloid editor Andy Coulson convicted of phone hacking

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 file photo of Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London where she appears to face charges related to phone hacking. Brooks' lawyer has told the jury at Britain's phone-hacking trial on Tuesday May 20, 2014 that they must ignore the &quot;inaccuracy and bias ... cruelty and vitriol&quot; written about his client as they consider their verdicts. Jonathan Laidlaw said Tuesday that prosecutors had produced &quot;no smoking gun&quot; to convict former News of the World editor Brooks, who is accused of conspiring to hack phones, pay officials for information and obstruct a police investigation. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Lawyer: ‘No smoking gun’ against Rebekah Brooks

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo issued Tuesday Sept. 10, 2013, by the British National Portrait Gallery, shows a painting by artist Jonathan Yeo depicting the teenager education activist Malala Yousafzai, doing her homework. The portrait of the young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education is being sold by its British artist to help further her cause. (AP Photo / Jonathan Yeo, British National Portrait Gallery, File)

$103K for portrait of girl who was shot by Taliban

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Murdoch companies name son Lachlan co-chairman

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