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Rupert Murdoch Family's Secret War: Explosive Court Files Show Battle Over His Media Empire

Unsealed court records say Siobhan McKenna drove a plan that sought to secure Lachlan Murdoch’s control and ended with a $5 billion payout to siblings.

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The 95-year-old founder of News Corp and Fox went to war with three of his children, and newly released documents show just how dirty the fight got.

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Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald
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‘Making trouble’: Murdoch family’s bitter feud exposed in court documents

Newly released court documents reveal key details of Lachlan Murdoch and his siblings’ bitter succession clash.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Rupert Murdoch Family's Secret War: Explosive Court Files Show Battle Over His Media Empire

The 95-year-old founder of News Corp and Fox went to war with three of his children, and newly released documents show just how dirty the fight got.

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Australian Financial ReviewAustralian Financial Review
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‘Facing my mortality’: The Murdoch family trust war files

From Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s doubts about News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, to a memo drafted after watching Succession: this is what a court in Nevada heard.

·Sydney, Australia
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Australian Financial Review broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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