Rupert Murdoch is passing the torch of his conservative media empire to his eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, as the mogul announced he was preparing for retirement from Fox Corp and News Corp.

Lachlan Murdoch, 52 — the new sole chair of News Corp and the executive chair and chief of Fox — is succeeding his father after working in newsrooms owned by his media-mogul dad since h… ...

Lachlan is more conservative than his dad," the source says, adding that Lachlan "loves being on top," and could potentially "make Fox more conservative in his own vein — if this is even ...

Rupert Murdoch has lost a legal fight to change his family's trust, which would have let his son Lachlan take control the family's media empire after Murdoch's death.

The 93-year-old media mogul has argued family trust must be changed to allow Lachlan Murdoch to maintain Fox News' conservative bent.

Rupert Murdoch lost a bid to rewrite a family trust to give his son Lachlan control of his empire after he dies. But the nonagenarian media titan plans to appeal.

After years of speculation about the succession of the Murdoch empire, Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, Lachlan, has been officially anointed to take over.

Crikey is closely following the jaw-dropping legal filings trickling out before next month’s Fox-Dominion trial. The Melbourne-based website believes the explosive US case could “quite ...

For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his moment has actually arrived. On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he’ll ...

Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, has been anointed to take over his father’s vast media empire, capping years of rampant media speculation and thinly veiled fraternal feuding.