The end of Rupert Murdoch’s ‘Succession’ saga?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Under the deal, some of Rupert's other children – James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod – will sell their personal holdings in Fox and News Corp, with each expected to receive about $1.1bn (£810m). A new family trust will be created to benefit Lachlan and his younger siblings, Grace and Chloe Murdoch.
Joining Niall Paterson to unravel the dispute – thought to have been one of the inspirations for the TV series Succession – are Paddy Manning, author of The Successor: The High-Stakes Life Of Lachlan Murdoch and our business correspondent, Paul Kelso.
Producer: Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill
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| 1:00.1 | Coming up, the real-life succession, how Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan thwarted his siblings' ambitions |
| 1:06.6 | and guaranteed that he'd be the one to follow in his father's footsteps. |
| 1:12.1 | Before history was written, his name was carved in stone. |
| 1:17.5 | Now witness the legacy of Ramesses the Great. |
| 1:21.9 | 180 priceless treasures direct from the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
| 1:27.2 | In the UK for the first and only time. |
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