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...Rupert Murdoch’s News UK wants to acquire the Spectator, while UK-listed regional media group National World is also expected to renew its interest in the Telegraph....
...Other bidders for the paper include hedge fund billionaire and GB News co-owner Paul Marshall, as well as two other newspaper owners, Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and Lord Rothermere’s DMGT....
...Additional reporting by Samer Al-Atrush and James Fontanella-Khan in New York...
...“Rupert is 91, time is of the essence. They need to get this sorted now.” James Murdoch, Rupert’s younger son who was previously viewed as a contender to take over the empire, declined to comment....
...Rupert Murdoch has scrapped a proposal to combine Fox and News Corp after his attempt to bring the two halves of his media empire back together was resisted by shareholders....
...The claim said it could be inferred that “Ms Brooks, James Murdoch and/or Rupert Murdoch” instigated the focus on Watson....
...Control of the family empire is likely to be contested once Rupert is no longer around, assuming a peaceful accommodation cannot be reached between Lachlan and his younger brother, James....
...Representatives for Elisabeth and James declined to comment. The children will inherit an empire now far smaller than in its heyday....
...Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp, marking the end of an era for the powerful media billionaire....
...Lachlan is in charge for now but that could change after Rupert’s death, with James already manoeuvring to take back control....
...Disney acquired Star India in 2019 as part of its blockbuster $71bn acquisition of Fox from Rupert Murdoch....
...Lachlan, his wife Sarah and their young son moved to Sydney, giving his siblings Elisabeth and James the opportunity to make their own case for becoming Rupert’s chosen successor....
...All of the men are well-cast, from Franz Xaver Schlecht’s wily James Stewart and Rupert Charlesworth’s feckless Darnley to Sejong Chang’s likeable Riccio. The chorus, too, is impressive....
...As for Briney’s James, his gentle blandness makes him an affecting ingénu protagonist....
...One assumes the media nonagenarian Rupert Murdoch, newly betrothed to the comely Ann Lesley Smith, 26 years his junior, must be feeling positively spry this week....
...Once the patriarch dies, there are signs that James Murdoch may try to retake some control, if his other siblings back him....
...Sam Adlen Co-CEO, Space Solar Jodi Bartin Director, Citicourt Tom Bohills Principal, Founders Law Alex Deane Partner, FTI Consulting Peter Hewitt Co Chairman, Universal Defence & Security Solutions Rupert...
...Tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s media venture Viacom18, which is backed by James Murdoch, has bought the India rights to show films and television from Hollywood giant Warner Bros Discovery, stepping up competition...
...Among the illustrious guests were former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major; private equity titan Stephen Schwarzman; media barons Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg; and historians Niall...
...In the 1990s, he helped poach disaffected sports stars as part of the “Super League war” that upended Australian rugby league when Rupert Murdoch funded a new breakaway contest....
...And in James Graham’s epic new play, it’s clear he’s talking about far more than football....
...The attendees included former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major as well as media tycoons Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg....
...(Murdoch and three of his children, Lachlan, James and Elisabeth, are widely thought to have inspired the show.)...
...“There’s a nervousness in the market and people aren’t offering [on a property] unless they hear someone else has made an offer on it,” says James Waight of agent John D Wood....
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