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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman: What’s next for Fox?
Fp Explainers •Rupert Murdoch's announcement brings to close a more than seven-decade career in which he built a media empire spanning Australia and the United States. His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the sole chairman of News Corp and continue as the chair and CEO of Fox
How disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz is preparing to take on Fox News
•Among the challenges still facing Fox News after its jaw-dropping settlement of a defamation case is a lawsuit planned by a high-profile disinformation expert, Nina Jankowicz, who is crowdfunding her way to court after a firestorm of harassment and abuse
Fox News settles defamation lawsuit with Dominion: Why this is good news for all media outlets
•The case was a referendum not only on Fox’s coverage of Dominion, but also on its long-established pattern of favouring one political viewpoint over all others, even at the expense of telling the truth. In other words, it was about disinformation and the people who are persuaded by it
Fox News to pay Dominion $787.5 million over 'US election rigging': What was the case and why did the news outlet pay?
Fp Explainers •Fox News has agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation case. The lawsuit was filed by the voting machine company alleging that the news outlet had tarnished its reputation by peddling lies in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections
Fox lawyers in defamation case reveal dual roles for company founder Rupert Murdoch
Fp Staff •In its filings, Fox had listed Fox News officers as Suzanne Scott, Jay Wallace and Joe Dorrego. But on Easter Sunday, Fox disclosed to Dominion's attorneys that Murdoch also is 'executive chair' at Fox News
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith call off their engagement: Report
•92-year-old Murdoch announced his planned nuptials less than a month ago, saying that he would wed 66-year-old Ann Lesley Smith and the pair would spend 'the second half of our lives together'
Fifth Time's The Charm: Who is Ann Lesley Smith, media mogul Rupert Murdoch's bride-to-be?
Fp Explainers •Ann Lesley Smith, 66, began her career as a dental hygienist before moving on to modelling and singing. She worked as a police chaplain at San Francisco Police Department after her husband Chester Smith died. A few years ago, Murdoch and Smith met at a party he gave at his winery Moraga, California
Explained: How Rupert Murdoch runs Fox News
•Court filings give a peek into the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox media empire. It reveals how he shapes coverage at his newspapers and cable networks and interacts with some of the most powerful figures in the Republican Party
How endorsing Donald Trump’s claim that Joe Biden ‘stole’ 2020 polls could spell trouble for Fox News
Fp Explainers •Dominion Voting Systems has sued Fox News for claiming that the voting tech company was part of the plot to defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 US elections. The case is set for trial next month with mounting evidence that senior executives and anchors at the TV network backed Trump’s ‘lie’
Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch says 2020 election was fair, according to court filings
•Dominion is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, saying the network crippled the company's business by broadcasting false claims from Trump's lawyers that Dominion had changed votes in the 2020 election