Rupert Murdoch

Sixth engagement for media mogul (92) comes five months after he announced he was stepping down from his media empire

From flight cancellation misery and forfeited pay to corporation tax hauls and obesity drug bonanzas, everything in 2023 had either a value or a cost

Editor of the Irish Sun succeeds Nóirín Hegarty at the helm of the broadsheet

Coimisiún na Meán says move by Dublin’s Q102 to simulcast presenter’s Virgin Radio UK show will not undermine media plurality

Former RTÉ presenter’s scandal-rocked rollercoaster year leaves him ‘desperately excited’ to be at Rupert Murdoch owned station

Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet

Planet Business: Manchester United’s stake saga, Starboard Value’s thoughts on News Corp and soaps we have known and loved, but not enough

Hugh Linehan: The channel suspended both hosts after Fox’s remarks about Ava Evans. But it owes its existence to such Fox News-style attacks

If Russell Brand says he’s the victim of a conspiracy theory and Rupert Murdoch insists he’s rebel outsider, so-called ‘mainstream media’ must be the true counterculture

Veteran media mogul’s step back may lead to reduced interest in News Corp’s newspaper titles, says former editor of Irish edition of the Sunday Times

The way outgoing patriarch has structured ownership of his assets means the story is not yet over

Amid ‘cracking opportunities’ and post-pandemic resilience, stations are optimistic they can keep listeners in the age of the smart speaker

Planet Business: Rupert Murdoch’s new date, Russia’s rouble woes and the commercial winners of the Fifa Women’s World Cup

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire anticipates both new revenue streams and an ability to cut costs

Disney made the Comcast-owned broadcaster an offer it found it could refuse

The longer the boss stays on, the more important it is to ask whether they are still the best person for the job

Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthless

Any Other Business: Nama chief turns down bonus, a tough job at Web Summit, HarperCollins cutbacks, hosting a new EU agency, RTÉ auditor’s history, and TV licence sales

Mediahuis indicated interest in UK newspaper group in 2019

New round of lawsuits poses fresh financial risks for tabloid media groups

Payments were made in spite of the Rupert Murdoch-owned media company being loss making and its revenues declining last year

Sweeping attacks on any profession, trade, group or class are not helpful. Let’s have a civilised debate between the president and selected economists in a public forum

FM104 owner sees revenue jump 17 per cent year on year

The potential twist is that the 92 year-old’s preferred heir may not reign for long

After the abrupt dismissal of Fox New’s biggest star, where does the media empire stand?

Tucker Carlson is gone, Murdoch may be next; the notion it could one day be Putin and his fans seems outlandish, but hope abides

Prince received previously undisclosed payment in 2020 after bringing a legal claim against the owner of Sun and News of the World

Planet Business: Succession’s Manhattan real estate, a Netflix catch-up and the bold royal plan to ‘let them eat quiche’

News channel may face further court action over claims about outcome of 2020 presidential election following Dominion Voting Systems settlement

Voting machine maker had sued Murdoch’s company over US election fraud allegations

Barring a settlement between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, opening statements are now scheduled for Tuesday

Planet Business: Trump nemesis Alvin Bragg, Murdoch’s second thoughts and people who used to be billionaires

Four-times-married Murdoch’s engagement to conservative radio host Ann Lesley Smith was announced last month

The issues with the former US president run deeper than the Stormy Daniels case and amount to an attempt to subvert democracy

Planet Business: ITV’s royal writedowns, Rupert Murdoch’s new wife-to-be and Credit Suisse memorabilia

Planet Business: Klarna chief executive’s pay rise, Esther Crawford’s Twitter sleepover and companies investing in the World’s Most Exciting Economic Zone

Released legal filings reveal Rupert Murdoch and his news channel agonised over how to cover Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 US election was stolen

The broadcaster has invited other Republican hopefuls in next year’s election but Trump has not made a weekday showing since September

Lawyers for news channel deny media mogul had an active role in publishing fraud claims at issue in defamation case

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