Lachlan Murdoch Treads a Precarious Path as Trump Returns
It’s far from certain the Murdoch empire can win over the MAGA movement as Musk and Rogan erode the influence of legacy media.
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The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch (Black Inc.) came out in 2022, just as the dutiful son stepped up to run his father Rupert’s media empire. This Next Chapter examines the future of the dynasty amid a bitter family trust fight and the opportunities and challenges posed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
When Lachlan Murdoch replaced his father Rupert at the helm of his massive conservative media empire a little over a year ago, his control of Fox Corp. and News Corp. was far from assured.