https://www.scmp.com/rss/308167/feed Rupert Murdoch is an Australian American media mogul and founder of global media holding company News Corporation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Ted Turner created CNN in 1980, revolutionising the way America, and the world, got their news, and then went on to become one of the most prominent business leaders and philanthropists of his era. A brash risk taker, Turner – whose death aged 87 was announced on Wednesday – helped reshape the television industry in the late 20th century. He also made a name for himself with spectacular business deals, his ownership of professional sports clubs, a marriage to actress Jane Fonda, his leadership... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352665/cnn-founder-ted-turner-dies-87?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352665/cnn-founder-ted-turner-dies-87?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 May 2026 14:58:26 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Remember all the hyped-up, over-the-top warnings by US politicians and pundits about the dangers posed by TikTok owned by a Chinese company? It turns out they are now doing all those terrible things and adding some threatening extras just for its American users. Who would have guessed? In one of her latest clips, influential commentator Angela Baker of Parkrose Permaculture, who has close to half a million YouTube subscribers, complained about her TikTok experience since joining it in April... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3351493/why-tiktok-being-deliberately-ruined-its-new-american-owners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3351493/why-tiktok-being-deliberately-ruined-its-new-american-owners?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:38:01 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge dismissed US President Donald Trump’s US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint. In a social media post several hours after the ruling, Trump said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349958/judge-dismisses-trumps-us10-billion-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-over-epstein-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349958/judge-dismisses-trumps-us10-billion-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-over-epstein-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:35:09 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo It must have been quite an intellectual or spiritual comedown going from “the end of history” to “the decline of Western civilisation”. For a political writer who first made his name by claiming the final historical triumph of Western liberal democracy and free-market capitalism over all other economic and political systems, the decline of his own society – à la Oswald Spengler, who wrote The Decline of the West – seems to have occupied Francis Fukuyama greatly of late. I write this not in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328325/how-fukuyama-goes-end-history-end-west?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328325/how-fukuyama-goes-end-history-end-west?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2025 01:30:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump is expected to approve a deal for TikTok through an executive order, declaring that it satisfies the requirements of law later this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a senior White House official. This would cap months of US-China deliberations that underscored wider trade talks and solidify the timeline for a much-awaited deal to keep the popular short video app running in the US. Trump has said that the United States and China have made progress... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326412/trump-approve-us-china-tiktok-deal-week-executive-order-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326412/trump-approve-us-china-tiktok-deal-week-executive-order-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:14:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which the United States will take control of US operations of TikTok. Trump name-dropped the 94-year-old Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp, as part of a group of possible participants in a deal during an interview recorded on Friday and broadcast on Sunday on Fox News. “I think they’re going to be in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:36:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Murdoch family has reached a deal that will see Rupert Murdoch’s politically conservative eldest son Lachlan Murdoch cement control of the family media empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. The agreement, announced on Monday, ends a family brawl over who would control one of the most high-profile global media groups and puts to rest questions of succession within the Murdoch family after its patriarch’s death. The drama was considered to be one of the inspirations for... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324815/murdoch-family-reach-deal-succession-lachlan-gets-media-empire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324815/murdoch-family-reach-deal-succession-lachlan-gets-media-empire?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 01:59:11 +0000 Julie Zhang Julie Zhang Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, a Chinese developer of novel drugs, could receive up to US$1.01 billion in milestone payments after granting a US company exclusive rights to develop a heart disease drug, the latest example of mainland drug makers licensing early-stage assets to international partners. Jiangsu Hengrui entered into a licensing agreement with one-year-old US start-up Braveheart Bio for its innovative drug HRS-1893 to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to a... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3324435/chinas-jiangsu-hengrui-signs-licensing-deal-braveheart-bio-heart-drug?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3324435/chinas-jiangsu-hengrui-signs-licensing-deal-braveheart-bio-heart-drug?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:54:34 +0000 Reuters Reuters Donald Trump on Monday asked a US court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the US president’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article asserting Trump’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Republican president on July 18 sued the Journal, its owners, including Murdoch, and the reporters who wrote the story, which said Trump’s letter included a sexually suggestive drawing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319907/trump-asks-swift-deposition-rupert-murdoch-epstein-defamation-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319907/trump-asks-swift-deposition-rupert-murdoch-epstein-defamation-case?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:55:15 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal on Friday for at least US$10 billion over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court names Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp and its CEO Robert Thomson, and two Journal reporters as defendants, saying they defamed Trump and caused him to suffer “overwhelming” financial and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318830/trump-sues-dow-jones-news-corp-rupert-murdoch-wsj-reporters-after-epstein-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318830/trump-sues-dow-jones-news-corp-rupert-murdoch-wsj-reporters-after-epstein-report?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:29:32 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump authorised the Justice Department to seek the release of grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to mounting pressure from his supporters for more transparency about the late, disgraced financier. Trump’s move on Thursday came after the Wall Street Journal published a story alleging that he once sent a suggestive birthday letter to Epstein. The president said the letter was “FAKE” in a social media post. He threatened to sue the paper, its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318699/trump-seeks-release-epstein-grand-jury-documents-blasts-birthday-letter-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318699/trump-seeks-release-epstein-grand-jury-documents-blasts-birthday-letter-story?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:08:24 +0000 Jill Lander Jill Lander July 7 marked the start of the Water Goat month in the Chinese lunar calendar. In the northern hemisphere, we are now in the hot early afternoon of the year. Nature has taken over, and we surrender to it. In the southern hemisphere it’s the reverse, so midwinter. The Goat (or Sheep) is predominantly yin earth in nature, suggesting a shift is approaching. This should be a smooth-sailing month. However, avoid being complacent, which may result in missed opportunities. Do be alert to potential... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3317510/whats-your-luck-july-2025-water-goat-month-chinese-horoscopes-time-concerned-family-and-teamwork-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3317510/whats-your-luck-july-2025-water-goat-month-chinese-horoscopes-time-concerned-family-and-teamwork-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:00:06 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Prince Harry lost his appeal on Friday challenging the UK government’s decision to strip him of his publicly funded security after he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the US. The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that a committee had not treated Harry unfairly when it decided to review his protection on a case-by-case basis each time he visits the UK. The ruling is likely to leave the Duke of Sussex with a large bill to pay the UK government’s legal fees – in addition to his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3308901/prince-harry-loses-appeal-restore-his-uk-government-funded-security?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3308901/prince-harry-loses-appeal-restore-his-uk-government-funded-security?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 13:52:59 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu Chinese artist Ye Yonqging, whose work is collected by the likes of Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch, has apologised after Beijing’s Intellectual Property Court upheld a 2023 ruling ordering him to pay Belgian artist Christian Silvain 5 million yuan (US$690,000) and apologise for plagiarism. Silvain, 75, accused Ye, 67, of plagiarising 87 works of his over the past 25 years, in 2019. The Belgian artist only found out about the plagiarism after a gallery owner in Amsterdam told him he had seen a... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3296419/china-artist-whose-collectors-include-bill-gates-apologises-belgian-peer-plagiarism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3296419/china-artist-whose-collectors-include-bill-gates-apologises-belgian-peer-plagiarism?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:00:09 +0000 Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloids made a rare apology to Prince Harry in settling his privacy invasion lawsuit and will pay him a substantial sum, his lawyer said on Wednesday. News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the serious intrusion by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 into his private life, including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun”, lawyer David Sherborne read from settlement statement in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3295847/rupert-murdochs-uk-news-group-apologises-prince-harry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3295847/rupert-murdochs-uk-news-group-apologises-prince-harry?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:39:57 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu Gossip about the world’s third richest man and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison’s new wife, Chinese native Jolin Zhu, emerged on mainland social media after her identity was revealed. On November 23, the University of Michigan’s booster group, known as Champions Circle, published a post online announcing their success in securing a multimillion-dollar deal with the star quarterback Bryce Underwood for its school football team. In the announcement it thanked “Larry and his wife Jolin” who provided... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3292129/who-jolin-zhu-young-chinese-woman-sixth-wife-80-year-old-billionaire-oracle-founder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3292129/who-jolin-zhu-young-chinese-woman-sixth-wife-80-year-old-billionaire-oracle-founder?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:25 +0000 Rupert Murdoch’s audacious bid to cement his eldest son’s control over one of the world’s most influential media empires has failed, a US report said Monday. The first family of news – commanding a stable that includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and a host of British and Australian media – had been the inspiration for the hit television series Succession. Like the fictitious version, this real-life fight pitted the children of a powerful patriarch against each other for who should be the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3290076/rupert-murdoch-fails-bid-change-family-trust-new-york-times-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3290076/rupert-murdoch-fails-bid-change-family-trust-new-york-times-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:13:52 +0000 The succession battle playing out in a Nevada courtroom this month between Rupert Murdoch’s four oldest children could ultimately decide who controls Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, two of the most influential US news outlets. Murdoch, 93, is seeking to change an irrevocable family trust to favour his eldest son Lachlan as his successor, prompting three other children, Prudence, Elisabeth and James, to fight back in probate court in Reno. If Murdoch gets his way, Lachlan will control Fox... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278028/succession-battle-rupert-murdochs-media-empire-plays-out-us-courtroom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278028/succession-battle-rupert-murdochs-media-empire-plays-out-us-courtroom?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:32:42 +0000 Major UK tabloid The Sun said on Wednesday it was “time for Labour”, backing the opposition party for election victory and calling the ruling Conservatives “exhausted” and divided after 14 years in power. Political leaders of all stripes have long courted the influential newspaper, which is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global News Corp group and last backed Labour during Tony Blair’s tenure from 1997. Announcing its endorsement, the famously playful tabloid previewed its front page for Thursday,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3269086/uk-election-major-tabloid-sun-backs-labour-over-rishi-sunaks-tories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3269086/uk-election-major-tabloid-sun-backs-labour-over-rishi-sunaks-tories?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:45:36 +0000 A lawyer for the publisher of The Sun tabloid on Thursday accused Prince Harry of engaging in “shocking” and “extraordinary” obfuscation by destroying evidence it was seeking in his lawsuit claiming that the newspaper violated his privacy by unlawfully snooping on him. Anthony Hudson said at High Court that the Duke of Sussex had deliberately destroyed text messages with the ghostwriter who penned his bestselling memoir, “Spare.” A lawyer for Harry said News Group Newspapers (NGN) was engaging... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3268341/prince-harry-accused-obfuscation-destroying-evidence-lawsuit-against-murdoch-papers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3268341/prince-harry-accused-obfuscation-destroying-evidence-lawsuit-against-murdoch-papers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:36:40 +0000 Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch married his fifth wife, Elena Zhukova, at his Moraga Vineyards in California this weekend. Murdoch, 93, had announced his engagement to the 67-year-old retired molecular biologist in March – less than a year after he called off his last engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a former model and police chaplain. In all, the founder of News Corp and Fox News has been married five times. His love life, including high-profile marriages to entrepreneur Wendi Deng and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3265461/billionaire-media-boss-rupert-murdochs-5-marriages-and-1-almost-marriage-jerry-hall-who-has-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3265461/billionaire-media-boss-rupert-murdochs-5-marriages-and-1-almost-marriage-jerry-hall-who-has-children?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:00:11 +0000 Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time at age 93, tying the knot with a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, married on Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photographs of the newly married couple were released by Murdoch’s News Corp. Photographs published in The Sun, the British tabloid owned by Murdoch, show the couple posing and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3265106/media-magnate-rupert-murdoch-93-marries-5th-wife-ceremony-his-california-vineyard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3265106/media-magnate-rupert-murdoch-93-marries-5th-wife-ceremony-his-california-vineyard?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:34:27 +0000 Sarah Murdoch – the glamorous daughter-in-law of media mogul Rupert Murdoch – was recently back in the spotlight after it was reported that her brother Shaun O’Hare had unexpectedly died at the age of 58, according to British media. O’Hare worked as executive director of energy and telecommunications company Eutility, which he founded in 1999, and leaves behind two children. The businessman reportedly died in March, with his adult daughter Ashleigh sharing the sad news via several posts on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263313/meet-lachlan-murdochs-glamorous-model-wife-sarah-murdoch-shes-worked-brands-chanel-valentino?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263313/meet-lachlan-murdochs-glamorous-model-wife-sarah-murdoch-shes-worked-brands-chanel-valentino?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2024 22:00:24 +0000 New York is known for its fast-paced, glamorous life, but all that glitz comes with a rather hefty price tag. After all, this is a major financial capital and one of the world’s most expensive cities. It also boasts a rep as the kind of place where hard work, some business savvy and a little luck can go a long way – which is why so many people are driven to move here and chase their dreams. So it’s no surprise that the Big Apple is home to the largest concentration of billionaires – 110 to be... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261199/5-new-yorks-richest-billionaires-net-worths-ranked-michael-bloomberg-who-once-ran-president-julia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261199/5-new-yorks-richest-billionaires-net-worths-ranked-michael-bloomberg-who-once-ran-president-julia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 May 2024 21:00:18 +0000 Billionaire Rupert Murdoch is set to marry his girlfriend Elena Zhukova in June. This will be Murdoch’s fifth wedding and sixth engagement, with the media mogul making headlines last year after abruptly calling off his engagement to former police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith just weeks after announcing their intention to wed. Australian-born American Murdoch stepped down as chairman of his media business in September 2023. Murdoch and his family are worth an estimated US$19 billion, per Forbes. So... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3255059/who-rupert-murdochs-new-fiancee-elena-zhukova-billionaire-media-mogul-engaged-sixth-time-russian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3255059/who-rupert-murdochs-new-fiancee-elena-zhukova-billionaire-media-mogul-engaged-sixth-time-russian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:21 +0000 Rupert Murdoch, 92, got engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, a spokesman said on Thursday, which would mark his fifth trip down the aisle. The wedding will be held in California, at Murdoch’s vineyard and estate, Moraga, a spokesman said. The impending nuptials come just months after Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career at the helm of a sprawling media empire. The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Zhukova, who is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3254594/media-mogul-rupert-murdoch-92-engaged-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3254594/media-mogul-rupert-murdoch-92-engaged-again?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2024 02:10:50 +0000 The UK’s Prince Harry said on Friday that his “mission” to rein in the British media continues, after he accepted costs and damages from a tabloid publisher that invaded his privacy with phone hacking and other illegal snooping. Harry’s lawyer, David Sherborne, said at a court hearing that Mirror Group Newspapers had agreed to pay all of the prince’s legal costs, plus “substantial” damages, and would make an interim payment of £400,000 (US$505,000) within 14 days. The final tab will be assessed... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3251603/prince-harry-settles-tabloid-phone-hacking-claim-says-mission-tame-uk-media-continues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3251603/prince-harry-settles-tabloid-phone-hacking-claim-says-mission-tame-uk-media-continues?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:31:33 +0000 Britain’s King Charles and his daughter-in-law Kate, the Princess of Wales, both returned home from hospital on Monday after undergoing planned treatments. Charles, 75, who had spent three nights in hospital after undergoing a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate, smiled and waved to crowds as he left the London Clinic accompanied by his wife Queen Camilla. A few hours earlier, Kate also headed home after spending two weeks at the same private hospital following abdominal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3250224/britains-king-charles-and-kate-middleton-leave-hospital-after-planned-treatments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3250224/britains-king-charles-and-kate-middleton-leave-hospital-after-planned-treatments?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:05:58 +0000 The Murdoch family have long been a topic of interest, and the obsession around one of the world’s wealthiest media empire lineages was only further fuelled after the release of HBO’s Succession, which is believed to have taken inspiration from billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his dynasty. Most recently, Murdoch’s granddaughter Charlotte Freud has been in the headlines after sharing that her London flat was burgled, according to Australian media. She shared on Instagram: “To whoever robbed my... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3245047/who-rupert-murdochs-wild-child-granddaughter-charlotte-freud-also-known-tiarlie-23-year-old-singer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3245047/who-rupert-murdochs-wild-child-granddaughter-charlotte-freud-also-known-tiarlie-23-year-old-singer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:00:08 +0000 Prince Harry, singer Elton John and five other high-profile British figures can have their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper alleging widespread unlawful behaviour heard at trial, the High Court in London ruled on Friday. Publisher Associated Newspapers (ANL) had sought at hearings in March to have the case thrown out, saying the claims that were brought in October 2022 were outside a six-year time limit for legal action. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, Elton... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3241107/prince-harry-and-elton-john-can-take-case-against-daily-mail-publisher-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3241107/prince-harry-and-elton-john-can-take-case-against-daily-mail-publisher-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:19:11 +0000 There are few journalists alive today, and few major news organisations, that have not had their lives and careers shaped in some way by Rupert Murdoch, for good or bad. For consumers of news, he has done more than any other media mogul to determine what we read about, and the narrative around which it is spun. As he announced last week he was stepping down at the age of 92 to become chairman emeritus, handing the reins of the NewsCorp empire to his infinitely-patient son Lachlan, it is timely... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236143/why-rupert-murdoch-stepping-down-can-only-be-good-news?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236143/why-rupert-murdoch-stepping-down-can-only-be-good-news?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Sep 2023 06:30:09 +0000 Last Thursday, Rupert Murdoch announced that he would be stepping down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corporation, marking the end of an era and the start of a new one for the billionaire media mogul and his family. “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change,” Australian-born Murdoch, 92, wrote in a six-paragraph memo to employees, as per CNN. The newly retired businessman continued, “But the time is right for me to take on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3235834/succession-irl-meet-rupert-murdochs-6-children-lachlan-foxs-new-chairman-his-youngest-kids-chloe-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3235834/succession-irl-meet-rupert-murdochs-6-children-lachlan-foxs-new-chairman-his-youngest-kids-chloe-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:00:18 +0000 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. The 92-year-old Australian billionaire’s creation of Fox News Channel has made him an enduring force in American politics. He inherited a newspaper in Adelaide, Australia, from his father in 1952 and eventually built a news and entertainment enterprise dominant in the United States and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235425/real-life-succession-rupert-murdoch-exits-fox-and-hands-media-empire-son-lachlan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235425/real-life-succession-rupert-murdoch-exits-fox-and-hands-media-empire-son-lachlan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:03:01 +0000 Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media magnate who created Fox News, is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and his News Corp media holdings. Fox said on Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp chairman and continue as chief executive officer of Fox Corp. Lachlan Murdoch said that “we are grateful that he will serve as chairman emeritus and know he will continue to provide valued counsel to both... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235378/media-mogul-rupert-murdoch-steps-down-chairman-fox-news-corp?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235378/media-mogul-rupert-murdoch-steps-down-chairman-fox-news-corp?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:57:49 +0000 It’s no secret: billionaires have an eye for beautiful models. Call it cliché if you will. Or call it love at first sight. Either way, from an outsider’s point of view, it’s a win-win situation for both lovebirds involved – a lifetime of beauty, fame and a bottomless fortune. Who could say no to that? Despite some critical public opinions, plenty of billionaire-supermodel couples have proven over time that their romances extend beyond superficiality. Let’s take a look at 10 supermodels who... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3229264/10-supermodels-who-married-billionaires-natalia-vodianova-and-lvmh-heir-antoine-arnault-and-melania?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3229264/10-supermodels-who-married-billionaires-natalia-vodianova-and-lvmh-heir-antoine-arnault-and-melania?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:10:10 +0000 Prince Harry can take some of his lawsuit against media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids to trial, London’s High Court ruled on Thursday, but claims of decades-old phone hacking were thrown out for being filed too late. The court also rejected one of Harry’s central arguments, that there had been a “secret deal” struck between Buckingham Palace and Murdoch’s newspaper group to keep quiet the illegal hacking into voicemails of royals’ mobile phones. Harry, the younger son of King Charles and the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3229164/prince-harry-lawsuit-against-murdoch-tabloids-set-trial-hacking-claims-too-old-court-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3229164/prince-harry-lawsuit-against-murdoch-tabloids-set-trial-hacking-claims-too-old-court-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:56:15 +0000 Allegations that an unnamed BBC presenter paid a young person to pose for explicit photos are “rubbish”, a lawyer acting for the young person has told the broadcaster in a letter. British media has been gripped in recent days by a report in the Sun newspaper that cited the young person’s mother as saying the presenter paid the now 20-year-old £35,000 (US$44,828) for photos over three years beginning when they were 17. The presenter, who has not been named by the BBC or the Sun newspaper, was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3227241/bbc-sex-photo-claims-are-rubbish-young-persons-lawyer-tells-broadcaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3227241/bbc-sex-photo-claims-are-rubbish-young-persons-lawyer-tells-broadcaster?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:10:00 +0000 The luxurious life former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes once knew is officially coming to an end now that she has been ordered to report to prison on May 30. In April, in a last-ditch attempt to avoid prison time, she asked the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to pause her sentence, two days before she was due to report to prison, as reported by The Guardian. The court denied her bail application and Holmes is expected to serve her 11-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. She... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3222230/inside-elizabeth-holmes-upcoming-new-life-prison-disgraced-theranos-founder-and-steve-jobs-wannabe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3222230/inside-elizabeth-holmes-upcoming-new-life-prison-disgraced-theranos-founder-and-steve-jobs-wannabe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 May 2023 14:47:56 +0000 Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes appears to be soon bound for prison after an appeal court on Tuesday rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing hoax that brought her fleeting fame and fortune. In another ruling issued late on Tuesday, US District Judge Edward Davila ordered Holmes to pay US$452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes. Holmes is being held jointly liable for that amount with her former lover and top Theranos... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3220816/theranos-co-founder-elizabeth-holmes-loses-bid-avoid-prison-gets-hit-us452-million-restitution-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3220816/theranos-co-founder-elizabeth-holmes-loses-bid-avoid-prison-gets-hit-us452-million-restitution-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 May 2023 04:02:16 +0000 HBO’s Succession has taken the world by storm throughout its four seasons. Chronicling the Roy family’s turbulent journey as they fight over leadership of their worldwide media empire, the series has often drawn comparisons to the lives of real-life billionaires. While showrunner Jesse Armstrong told HBO that the events of the series are inspired by a mix of different media families – “like the Hearsts, to modern-day Redstone, John Malone, Robert Fitz of Comcast, Murdoch, and Robert and Rebekah... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3219942/successions-roy-family-and-murdochs-compared-how-similar-are-characters-hbos-hit-tv-show-media?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3219942/successions-roy-family-and-murdochs-compared-how-similar-are-characters-hbos-hit-tv-show-media?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 May 2023 16:10:12 +0000 US President Joe Biden took it on the chin Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he laughed gamely through sharp jokes about his age, and hit back with a few of his own. Washington’s political and media elites gathered for their annual big-night-out in the US capital for an event that ranged from the traditional comedy gags to sombre calls to free reporters imprisoned abroad. Headlining the after-dinner entertainment was “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr., who... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218901/seasoned-biden-laughs-age-gags-white-house-comedy-roast-attacks-news-outlets-lies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218901/seasoned-biden-laughs-age-gags-white-house-comedy-roast-attacks-news-outlets-lies?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Apr 2023 05:31:08 +0000 Britain’s Prince William has settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm for a “very large sum” after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace, lawyers for the heir’s brother Prince Harry said in court documents. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is suing Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) at the High Court in London for multiple unlawful acts allegedly committed on behalf of its tabloids, the Sun and now defunct News of the World, from the mid-1990s until... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3218323/buckingham-palace-prince-william-struck-secret-deal-settle-phone-hacking-claim-against-murdoch-group?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3218323/buckingham-palace-prince-william-struck-secret-deal-settle-phone-hacking-claim-against-murdoch-group?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:43:36 +0000 Conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News’ most popular show, has abruptly left the network, it was announced on Monday, days after the outlet paid a huge settlement to end a defamation case. Carlson was the best-known name on Fox’s presenting roster, hosting a prime-time evening show that won fierce loyalty among the broadcaster’s right-wing viewers. A key figure in Republican politics, he often interviewed Donald Trump, and has been widely criticised for spreading disinformation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218208/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news-shock-move-after-dominion-settlement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218208/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news-shock-move-after-dominion-settlement?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:26:12 +0000 Fox Corp and Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for US$787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the cross hairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election. Tuesday’s settlement, which legal experts said was the largest struck by an American media company, was announced by the two sides and the judge in the case at the eleventh hour. The jury had been selected earlier in the day and the trial poised... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3217513/fox-settles-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-us7875-million-last-minute-avoiding-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3217513/fox-settles-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-us7875-million-last-minute-avoiding-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:58:12 +0000 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith have called off their engagement, a source confirmed on Tuesday. The 92-year-old Fox Corp chairman and Smith had planned to marry this summer. It would have been his fifth marriage. Vanity Fair reported the break-up, citing one source close to Murdoch as saying he had grown uncomfortable with Smith’s outspoken evangelical views. Murdoch and Smith, 66, met in September at his vineyard Moraga in Bel Air,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3216024/rupert-murdoch-and-ann-lesley-smith-call-engagement-2-weeks-after-announcement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3216024/rupert-murdoch-and-ann-lesley-smith-call-engagement-2-weeks-after-announcement?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:25:55 +0000 Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will tie the knot for the fifth time, at the age of 92 years, he said Monday in an interview with his own newspaper, the New York Post. Murdoch is engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old former police chaplain in San Francisco and widow of American country singer and media executive Chester Smith. “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be,” he told the tabloid. “I’m happy.” Murdoch divorced his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3214221/media-tycoon-rupert-murdoch-92-engaged-be-married-5th-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3214221/media-tycoon-rupert-murdoch-92-engaged-be-married-5th-time?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:04:23 +0000 Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News’s popular commentators “endorsed” Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential election, even though Murdoch said he doubted the claim, according to a filing in a defamation lawsuit. “Some of our commentators were endorsing it,” Murdoch said while being questioned under oath in a US$1.6 billion suit by Dominion Voting Systems Inc., according to excerpts included in a court filing Monday. “About the endorsement of a stolen... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211758/rupert-murdoch-testified-fox-news-endorsed-donald-trumps-2020-election-lie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211758/rupert-murdoch-testified-fox-news-endorsed-donald-trumps-2020-election-lie?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:45:07 +0000 Without officially announcing it, US President Joe Biden has launched his new campaign to run in 2024. That few people seem to have noticed is indicative of why Biden’s bid for another term is a risk and likely to end in defeat. Outside the usual Republican echo chambers, such as Fox News or One America News, most experts concurred: Biden did a good job during his State of the Union address, seemed confident, anticipated the rather uncivilised attacks and counterpunched, thanks to a fairly... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3210173/biden-2024-why-us-presidents-re-election-bid-looks-doomed-already?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3210173/biden-2024-why-us-presidents-re-election-bid-looks-doomed-already?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:30:09 +0000 As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. That’s all the more true for “nepo baby” executives who have bagged high-powered jobs at their family businesses. The term nepo baby – short for nepotism baby – entered popular use last month after New York magazine took a deep dive into the world of Hollywood nepotism. The front cover of the magazine’s December issue used the term while featuring eight Hollywood celebrities in onesies with the headline, “She has her mother’s eyes.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3206119/11-big-business-nepotism-babies-born-privilege-samsung-electronics-chair-jay-y-lee-and-fedex-heir?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3206119/11-big-business-nepotism-babies-born-privilege-samsung-electronics-chair-jay-y-lee-and-fedex-heir?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:22 +0000 The powerful media empire of conservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch appeared to turn its back on Donald Trump, labelling the former US president a “loser” who shows “increasingly poor judgment” after the midterm elections. Just days before he is expected to announce his 2024 White House candidacy, the Wall Street Journal, the flagship of Murdoch’s News Corp, declared in an editorial that “Trump Is the Republican Party’s Biggest Loser”, pointing to the party’s disappointing performance in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3199221/powerful-murdoch-media-dumps-loser-donald-trump-ron-desantis-shines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3199221/powerful-murdoch-media-dumps-loser-donald-trump-ron-desantis-shines?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Nov 2022 03:51:12 +0000