Sep 21 Rupert Murdoch is stepping down at Fox and News Corp By David Bauder, Associated Press Magnate Rupert Murdoch's surprise announcement Thursday that he's stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire. Continue reading
Apr 12 New disclosure of Rupert Murdoch’s role at Fox News frustrates judge in Dominion case By Randall Chase, Associated Press Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Rupert Murdoch played at Fox News, a revelation that angered the judge when it came up at… Continue reading
Mar 09 Lawsuit against Fox reveals push to influence elections for top Republicans By Nicholas Riccardi, David Bauder, Associated Press Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox News' top executives sometimes were actively involved in politics rather than simply reporting or offering opinions on it. Continue reading
Mar 07 Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath 2020 election was ‘not stolen,’ according to court filings By David Bauder, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The transcript and other material released Tuesday expand on earlier disclosures that paint a portrait of behind-the-scenes doubt — or outright dismissals — of Trump's voting fraud claims, even as the network gave them airtime. Continue reading
Feb 28 Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts ‘endorsed’ false election claims By Randall Chase, Associated Press Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn't step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts of a deposition unsealed Monday. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:27 How would a Disney-Fox merger affect what we watch? By PBS News Hour Disney is buying a sizeable chunk of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52 billion. It comes on the same day that the FCC voted to end net neutrality. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about what Disney… Continue watching
May 18 Roger Ailes, former Fox News CEO, dies at age 77 By Laura Santhanam Hosts of the morning show “Fox & Friends” appeared visibly upset when they announced Ailes’ death and read his family’s statement on-air early Thursday. Ailes had led Fox News for two decades. Continue reading
Dec 09 Business leaders warn Trump of economic fallout from mass deportation By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hard-line immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 8:34 The long rise and very quick fall of Fox News boss Roger Ailes By PBS News Hour For 20 years, the man at the helm of Fox News was it's CEO and founder Roger Ailes. On Thursday, Ailes stepped down after former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment suit against him. Jane Hall, associate professor at… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 7:04 What handing over power means for Murdoch’s media empire By PBS News Hour Eighty-four-year-old media titan Rupert Murdoch is ready to step aside from his role leading an empire worth tens of billions of dollars. Judy Woodruff talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about Murdoch’s legacy. Continue watching