"The Legacy of Rupert Murdoch: From Cable News Pioneer to Last Press Baron"
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Rupert Murdoch, at the age of 92, is retiring and passing control of Fox News to his son, Lachlan Murdoch. The question remains whether Lachlan will oversee a period of managed decline or if he will pursue the audience that Fox News has been losing to even more extreme right-wing outlets.
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- Rupert Murdoch Was the Last of the Press Barons Bloomberg
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