i didn t watch it, i read it. i really harbor absolutely no ambition for that top job that you refer to, so is it likely that she will somehow get involved in the business again? i d love them all in. yeah, and you ve expressed this to her? oh yeah, she knows. yeah. this is a family empire, first and foremost. and i think he desperately wants to keep it that way. elisabeth? but in 2014, elisabeth murdoch steps away from the family business. thank you very much, and goodnight. she resigns as chairwoman of
stresses in the family have been repaired now? i hope so. okay. rupert murdoch s son, james, has stepped down from another corporate position amid ongoing fallout from the uk phone hacking scandal. 2011, it s a bruising period for the murdoch family. james has basically flamed out with hacking. lachlan is still estranged in australia. well, there s been a lot of talk about your son, james, perhaps being your heir apparent until well that was there because he was the only one in the company. and now, my daughter, elisabeth s in the company. if there is one moment when elisabeth has a real shot at finally winning the succession battle, this is it. she s proven herself, she s done it on her own. she hasn t been part of this
i read it. yeah, i really harbor absolutely no ambition for that top job that you refer to, so is it likely that she will somehow get involved in the business again? i d love them all in. yeah, and you ve expressed this to her? oh, yeah, she knows it. yeah. this is a family empire, first and foremost. and i think he desperately wants to keep it that way. elisabeth? but in 2014, elisabeth murdoch steps away from the family business. thank you very much, and goodnight. she resigns as chairwoman of shine, the company that she built and her father bought. in doing this, liz is basically closing the book on one major chapter in this saga.
without purpose is a recipe for disaster. this is something that people have been talking about with the murdochs for decades. that they only care about the business, that they don t think about their moral and ethical responsibility, and here is one of the murdochs making that very claim. profit must be our servant, not our master. this is a really brilliant moment for elisabeth. she shows that she s her own executive and establishes herself as someone who would have never allowed the family to get in this kind of trouble. that did cause a rift for a while though, didn t it, between liz and james? i think she was hurt when i said i didn t really love it. when i didn t say it was a wonderful speech. did it take a while for you to watch it? i didn t watch it.
okay. rupert murdoch s son, james, has stepped down from another corporate position amid ongoing fallout from the uk phone hacking scandal. 2011, it s a bruising period for the murdoch family. james has basically flamed out with hacking. lachlan is still estranged in australia. well, there s been a lot of talk about your son, james, perhaps being your heir apparent until well, that was there because he was the only one in the company. and now, my daughter, elisabeth s in the company. if there is one moment when elisabeth has a real shot at finally winning the succession battle, this is it. she s proven herself. she s done it on her own. she hasn t been part of this mess. in 2011, she sells her very successful tv production company, shine, to her father. suggesting that maybe this is the beginning of her return and rise, but things had sort of