What’s next for the Murdoch empire?

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The Spectator

Politics, Daily News, News

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Rupert Murdoch stepped down as chairman of News Corp and Fox News this week. But is this really the end of Murdoch’s career? ‘I can guarantee you that I will be involved every day in the contest of ideas’, he wrote in a statement. And what will the media tycoon’s legacy be?

James Heale speaks to Andrew Neil, chairman of The Spectator, and former editor of the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times.

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0:29.6	I'm James Hill and I'm joined today by the chairman of the spectator
0:32.7	and genial who is one of Rupert Murdoch's editors of the Sunday Times.
0:36.4	Andrew was discussing the shock of retirement of Rupert Murdoch.
0:40.4	He's announced yesterday that he was going to be stepping back
0:44.6	as he writes in the Daily Mail today, stepping back rather than stepping down
0:48.0	and now being the chairman emeritus of Newscore and Fox.
0:53.0	Tell us why now?
0:54.6	I think why now is a difficult question to answer
0:56.8	because no one really seems to know why this particular time.
1:02.1	When you write it, it did catch everybody by surprise
1:05.1	which would have tickled Rupert Murdoch.
1:07.1	He likes catching the media by surprise.
1:11.3	My sense is that it, although I can't explain why it was this week,
1:17.7	my sense is that it's a product of where the murder empire now is.
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