Events in a US court reveal a story that rivals HBO\u2019s Succession with a patriarch\u2019s waning control, sibling rivalries and a media empire at stake<\/p>\n
\u201cAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,\u201d begins Leo Tolstoy\u2019s novel Anna Karenina. This is an appropriate lens to view Rupert Murdoch\u2019s semi-public family feud. This week, it emerged<\/a> that the media mogul had lost the first round in his legal bid to secure his empire for Lachlan, his eldest son and anointed heir, over his other children \u2013 James, Elisabeth and Prudence. More than a power play, it was Murdoch\u2019s final push to secure his rightwing media vision, even at the expense of family unity.<\/p>\n The familial strife \u2013 driven by blurred lines between business and family, ideological clashes and a patriarch\u2019s weakening grip \u2013 exemplifies Tolstoy\u2019s \u201cunique unhappiness\u201d. The Murdochs\u2019 conflicts are shaped by their extraordinary wealth, influence and public scrutiny. The divisions could paralyse corporate decision making, destabilising a media empire<\/a> with significant repercussions for the culture and politics of the Anglosphere.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Events in a US court reveal a story that rivals HBO\u2019s Succession with a patriarch\u2019s waning control, sibling rivalries and a media empire at stake \u201cAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,\u201d begins Leo Tolstoy\u2019s novel Anna Karenina. This is an appropriate lens to view Rupert Murdoch\u2019s semi-public … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}