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Rupert ... My most Australian child will inherit my empire.

Can somebody please add these stories & links .... I don't know how an don't want to mess up the main page trying.. Cheers.

""Rupert Murdoch I & all my Children are Australians 1st & we all have Australian Passports, But Lachlan Murdoch is my most Australian child & the only one who loves Australia as much as i. Rupert Murdoch.""

[1]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-09/making-lachlan-murdoch-blood/104329766?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

''''Introduced by Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales ABC News ( Australia. Founded, June 1932 ) part 1 0f 3 episodes Aired 09-september 2024

In a three-part Australian Story special, journalist Paddy Manning examines Lachlan Murdoch, one of the media industry’s most enigmatic and least understood characters. He asks who is Lachlan Murdoch? And how has he been shaped by the family legacy, the years at his father’s side and those spent estranged from the media empire? Episode one, Blood, explores the origins of the Murdoch media empire and the lessons learned by Lachlan as he watched his father’s voracious global expansion. It also exposes the roots of the rivalry between Lachlan, his older sister Elisabeth and younger brother James.

Related links Stream Making Lachlan Murdoch part 1 of 3 on YouTube and ABC [2]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-09/making-lachlan-murdoch-blood/104329766?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Feature article | Lachlan Murdoch controls his family's media empire, but for how long and at what cost? [3]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-08/bitter-battle-brewing-over-the-murdoch-family-succession/104036852?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Analysis | The perils of writing about Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch, successor to Rupert Murdoch's global media empire [4]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-09/the-perils-of-writing-about-media-mogul-lachlan-murdoch/104036726?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web 203.220.22.17 (talk) 05:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Rupert murdoch did not solely form bskyb in 1990, it was part of the merger between sky television, which rupert formed in 1988 becoming on air in 1989 and British satellite broadcasting. The original line can be found in the first paragraph, fifth line from the bottom. Speedymany2k (talk) 00:19, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 16:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Potential original research connection

“During Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in 2023, Murdoch, who is quarter Irish, proposed to his partner, Ann Lesley Smith. The engaged couple first met at an event in September 2022. In April 2023, two weeks after the couple were engaged, Murdoch suddenly called off the engagement. The split was said to be caused by Murdoch's discomfort with Smith's religious views and her infatuation with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, reportedly referring to him as "a messenger from God". Carlson was fired from Fox News three weeks later.”

This seems like WP:SYNTHESIS to me or WP:OR, to implicitly draw a connection that Tucker was fired because of Rupert’s ex’s infatuation with him by even mentioning his firing. As far as I know there is no reliable reporting saying that is the reason, and the real reason for Tucker’s firing remains officially unknown. StewdioMACK (talk) 04:00, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

British citizenship

The article makes no mention of the fact that Rupert Murdoch is a British citizen. He had to become one when he acquired newspapers in the UK. He lived in the UK for decades, and likely remains a British citizen to this day.

I would suggest adding this to the article as it is highly relevant. 194.193.181.134 (talk) 02:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source to support that claim. HiLo48 (talk) 03:11, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of it anywhere I can find, which in itself is interesting as the law for media ownership is quite strict in the UK. Whilst he may have bypassed the law due to the IPO and ownership structure of Sky television and later BSkyB, I very much doubt he could have done that with his proprietorship of News International. All his kids have UK citizenship.

Best leave it off for now. I'll do some more digging as this is fascinating. 194.193.181.134 (talk) 05:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]