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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, the major announcement of Fox, Rupert Murdoch stepping down, a look at his impact |
| 0:06.7 | on our politics, and will there be any changes with his son taken over? |
| 0:11.4 | And President Zelensky's return to Washington, meeting with President Biden and members |
| 0:15.8 | of Congress, the cleave for more aid as some Republicans are pushing back. |
| 0:21.2 | Then a second day of negotiations between Hollywood writers and studio executives is a |
| 0:26.5 | deal to end this strike in sight, as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night. |
| 0:39.1 | Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rool, live from MSNBC headquarters here in New York. |
| 0:44.6 | And we begin, you know the story, with a seismic shift taking place in media and politics. |
| 0:50.8 | Rupert Murdoch himself, who built the right wing's most powerful media ally, |
| 0:55.4 | today announced he will be stepping down in November from the Fox and news corporation boards. |
| 1:01.1 | He tapped his son, Lockeland, to replace him as the head of the companies, |
| 1:04.8 | but this is more than just a media business story. But because Rupert Murdoch's media influence |
| 1:10.6 | and influence on our political landscape has been absolutely massive. NBC's Chloe Melis has more. |
| 1:19.0 | With a media legacy spanning 70 years, tonight, billionaire media Titan Rupert Murdoch says he's |
| 1:24.9 | stepping down from Fox and news core. In a note to employees, Murdoch said the time is right for me |
| 1:30.2 | to take on different roles. Rupert Murdoch created all of this in so much more across America and the globe. |
| 1:39.4 | Keeping a title of Chairman Emeritus, he now passes the torch to his oldest son, Lockeland, |
| 1:44.3 | who will become sole chairman. At 92 years old, the decision was expected, but Murdoch noted it was not |
| 1:50.6 | due to his health, saying our companies are in robust health as am I. |
| 1:54.7 | Rupert Murdoch passing the torch to his son, Lockeland, do you think that things will change and how |
| 2:00.4 | Fox news is run? I don't. For the foreseeable future, I think Lockeland's going to run the company |
| 2:05.4 | the same way his father did. The mogul's resignation marks the end to one of the most |
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