After decades of speculation, Rupert Murdoch’s successor was confirmed last year to be his eldest son and third-oldest child Lachlan, 52 — a Wimbledon-born media exec living in Australia ...

The Murdoch family will battle in court this month over patriarch Rupert Murdoch’s plan to place eldest son Lachlan in charge of its news companies. Sept. 16, 2024 ...

Rupert Murdoch has lost a legal fight to change his family's trust, which would have let his son Lachlan take control the family's media empire after Murdoch's death.

Lachlan’s Gulfstream G650 was also spotted on flight radar last week, departing Dubrovnik (where he seemingly was holidaying) ...

Rupert Murdoch is facing a familial battle royale as three of the 93-year-old media mogul’s four adult children fight his efforts to adjust the family trust in order to leave eldest son Lachlan ...

A Nevada commissioner has shot down Rupert Murdoch’s effort to change his family trust to give full control of his media empire to his eldest son, Lachlan, in order to ensure Fox News would ...

A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust to consolidate his eldest son Lachlan’s control of his media empire and lock in Fox ...

Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan, left, and James Murdoch attend the 2014 Television Academy Hall of Fame in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 11, 2014. (Invision)Enter Lachlan.

Rupert Murdoch wants to alter an irrevocable trust so son Lachlan will inherit control of the family media empire. His other children say no.

I also contacted Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch's rep for comment. I realize that this is shrug-emoji of an explainer may be disappointing to some of you who would like a more definitive answer.

Rupert Murdoch arrives at the annual Allen & Company Conference on July 10, 2018, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Murdoch is seeking to change a family trust to place his son, Lachlan, in complete control of ...