Jim Rutenberg

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Jim Rutenberg |Jonathan Mahler

Rupert Murdoch y sus familiares controlan el imperio mediático conservador más influyente del mundo. Pero, durante más de un año, han estado enzarzados en una batalla legal secreta sobre quién lo controla. Rupert y su hijo mayor, Lachlan, intentaron cederle a Lachlan el control total de las empresas. Sin embargo, sus hermanos bloquearon la maniobra. A continuación, ofrecemos seis conclusiones de esos documentos.

2 months ago | editorandpublisher.com | Jim Rutenberg |Jonathan Mahler

Posted Friday, February 14, 2025 10:40 am Rupert Murdoch and his family control the most influential conservative media empire in the world. For more than a year, they’ve been locked in a secret legal battle over who controls it.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Jim Rutenberg |Jonathan Mahler

The fight over the Murdoch family trust has deepened old fault lines. Lachlan was convinced that his three oldest siblings, led by James, were plotting to overthrow him when their father dies. Elisabeth, who has historically seen herself as the family's Switzerland, said that she felt "violated and forsaken" by her father's plan to change the trust. "You've blown a hole in the family," she told him.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Mahler |Jim Rutenberg

In early December 2023, Rupert Murdoch flew into London to see his two oldest daughters, Prudence and Elisabeth. It was not a social visit. For months, Rupert and his firstborn son, Lachlan, had been working on a secret plan to amend the family's trust to strip three of his other children - Prue, Liz and James - of their power to influence the direction of the family business. Their lawyers had named it Project Family Harmony.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Jonathan Mahler |Jim Rutenberg

4 hours agoThe New York Times obtained nearly the entire record of the secret trial over the fate of Rupert Murdoch’s family trust, which controls his powerful media empire. The reporters, Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler, described the trial as like “an entire season of ‘Succession.’”