Media Moguls John Malone, Rupert Murdoch Held Talks over Fox Merger

Media moguls John Malone, Rupert Murdoch held talks over Fox merger

Malone has revealed the Warner Bros-Fox talks as he reorganises his US media empire and prepares to give most of his $15.3 billion fortune to good causes.

Murdoch had discussions about merging Fox with Warner Bros Discovery

Rupert Murdoch was reportedly considering a major media merger last year that would have seen Fox and Warner Bros Discovery become one company, but the prospect of CNN and Fox News being under one roof undid any potential deal.This is according to an interview with the Financial Times given by John Malone, chair emeritus of […]

The merger that wasn’t: John Malone, Rupert Murdoch, and the Fox-Warner talks

In the summer of 2024, two media veterans—John Malone, the so-called “cable cowboy,” and Rupert Murdoch, the architect of modern media empires—engaged in what would become one of the most intriguing but ultimately unrealised merger discussions in recent media history. Malone, chair emeritus and longtime adviser to Warner Bros.Discovery, revealed in an interview with the Financial Times that he and Murdoch had “serious discussions” about merging …

WBD Chair Emeritus John Malone says he discussed a WBD-Fox merger with Rupert Murdoch in July 2024; sources say a possible deal was raised but not pursued

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