The Murdochs are stuck in a multibillion-dollar family feud. The empire they’re fighting over is flourishing

Original article by
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 4-Jun-25

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch will pursue an appeal against a Nevada court’s ruling in late 2024 which blocked his bid to change the terms of a family trust. However, the Murdoch family’s in-fighting over the future control of their media empire appears to have had little impact on News Corp and Fox Corp. Fox’s market capitalisation has risen to around $US24bn ($37bn), despite the growing shift from both cable and broadcast TV to streaming services; the 2019 decision to sell its general entertainment assets and focus on news and sport has paid off. Likewise, News Corp’s share price has risen by nearly 50 per cent in the last two years, although Jason Bazinet of Citigroup contends that this is due largely to assets such as its stake in REA Group rather than its newspaper and book publishing assets.

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FOX CORPORATION, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, CITIGROUP INCORPORATED, REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA

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