Jim, im absolutely delighted to have you on the programme, not least because when your story broke, i was making a lot of calls trying to find out exactly what the story was. And now weve got you. Youve got your eyes on a document from a Probate Court in nevada. Just tell us what it contains. Thank you for having me. Extraordinarily, this document indicated that for some time, many months at least, Rupert Murdoch has been locked in a Court Battle with three of his four eldest children over the future of his empire, and it involves a change to his trust, the family trust, and who will control the empire after ruperts death. And its just straight out of The Show, succession, just like Everything A Scriptwriter would dream of. Absolutely. And i have to say, when i heard about it, i thought, my goodness this has been going on, i think, for several months, many months, and yet certainly from my end as a Media Editor of Bbc News, i had not had one whiff of this. Was it totally new informatio
Who broke the story. Jim, im absolutely delighted to have you on the programme, not least because when your story broke, i was making a lot of calls trying to find out exactly what the story was. And now weve got you. Youve got your eyes on a document from a Probate Court in nevada. Just tell us what it contains. Thank you for having me. Extraordinarily, this document indicated that for some time, many months at least, Rupert Murdoch has been locked in a Court Battle with three of his four eldest children over the future of his empire, and it involves a change to his trust, the family trust, and who will control the empire after ruperts death. And its just straight out of the show succession, just like Everything A Scriptwriter would dream of. Absolutely. And i have to say, when i heard about it, i thought, my goodness this has been going on, i think, for several months, many months, and yet certainly from my end as a Media Editor of Bbc News, i had not had one whiff of this. Was it to
multimillionaire rupert murdoch is at the center of a journalistic empire, and he clearly is in the united states to stay. rupert murdoch is emerging as the biggest newspaper baron the world has ever known. if i didn t know what sensationalism was, i would soon find out. more journalists, more publishers should be in television. nobody was thinking as big as rupert murdoch. the largest single broadcast station transaction in history. murdoch has become sole owner of 20th century fox. rupert has laid out that he wants one of his children to succeed him, but he doesn t say when, who and how. it s going to have to be fought out between them. two minutes till the official start of the race, and there the boats looking like the sydney hobart race in australia, it s a big deal. it s kind of their super bowl. lachlan had done a lot of sailing, and he eagerly signed up for the 98 race. he sailed on board the boat sayonara. they want to get all the crew on s
rupert murdoch is announcing a 24 hour cable news network. fox news channel, flare fair and balanced. it becomes clear that fox news is roger ailes. river said, among the three children, it was very likely that lachlan would be the first month among equals. it is the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing, and they could turn their back on this business and essentially waved the white flag, or try and double down and proved themselves to their father. they choose the latter. is october, 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner, attended by all the new york politicians, the aisles with dinner. i trust you will have enjoyed your meal. this is one of the events in new york city politics. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts, and who rupert really needs. as the evening is winding down, roger hears from juliet s office, the news c