amid a live succession drama. that is the daily beast description of the bombshell book unscripted, the epic battle for a media empire and the redstone family legacy. to the just released book sheds new light on the shocking drama that played out behind the scenes at the paramount media empire just a few short years ago. unscripted is an account by new york times journalist james be stewart, and rachel abrams. media titan s final years. the washington post described it this way, on script it is a fly on the wall account of the extraordinary boardroom machinations, that led sherrie redstone, the often estranged daughter of geriatric mogul respite controllable cbsn viacom from the executive,
meeting him, but everybody, the hundreds of people that i talked to, spoke on what a great individual he was. thousands of people turned out for the performer s funeral last month in atlanta. alex loans says he is broke. the right-wing conspiracy theorist filed for bankruptcy. he says his assets are worth between 1 and $10 million but claims his liabilities are between 1 and 10 billion. a texas order ordered jones to pay $50 million for claiming the sandy hook school massacre was a hoax. he also owes more than $1 billion in a separate connecticut case. to the trial of harvey weinstein and the former media titan now accused of using his power in hollywood to prey on women. jury deliberations resume monday. weinstein is charged with two counts of forcible rape and five counts of sexual assault involving four women.
his muscles in great britain, the entire political world turns against him. murdoch really has no choice but to drop the bskyb bid. it s a sight many people thought they would never see, media titan rupert murdoch in retreat. he actually dropped the bid for bskyb, to see the writing on the wall, was like nothing that had ever happened to the murdoch empire in the past. and for james it s an especially brutal blow. this was his moment. bskyb was his chance to really push himself over the top. none of the children had ever gotten as high in the organization as james was at this time and then all of a sudden he was humiliated. he s not taken action that could have killed it fairly early on. instead he s let it blow up and
we tried dove instead. so, still need that trim? oh my gosh! i am actually shocked i don t need a haircut. don t trim daily damage. stop it with dove. media titan rupert murdoch has built one of the largest media empires in history over the last several decades. this week, the final episode of the cnn original series, the murdochs empire of influence, reveals what happened as rupert murdoch makes a surprising decision about the future of the family business. and that brings us back to august 2017. when rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel-air. rupert suggests something stunning, something that flies
reporter: over seven decades amassing unwielded power on three continents. support politicians from margaret thatcher. this is newspaper. that backed him. and she in turn backed him. reporter: and ronald reagan to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like the wall street journal, the new york post and particularly fox news, the media titan playing a major role in politics. now, we talk about fox news. reporter: with gop contenders eyeing the white house how will murdoch and his holdings 842024, especially donald trump. the journal and the posed editorial pages provide some clues. a lot of the president s problems are of his own creation. reporter: an on fox when rupert murdoch got on, we saw a voice in commentator ranks and an lift ranks. now we re seeing commentators