Stelter on Real Life ‘Succession’ Saga at Fox News: Rupert Murdoch Is Rewriting Trust to Make Conservative Son Run Fox Forever

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STELTER: "Death is coming for us all one day, and Rupert Murdoch is now making plans for after he dies, because basically, for decades, we’ve all been under the assumption that in the event of Rupert’s death there will be a power struggle for control of FOX and the rest of this empire, because all of the adult children, the four adult kids each get one vote over control of the company. Basically think about it this way, if it’s three against one and Lachlan Murdoch is the loser, then the other children could take over and change Fox News. That was the plan, but Rupert Murdoch is trying to rewrite the trust so that Lachlan is in charge forever, permanently, meaning even a decade after Rupert Murdoch dies, he still wants his conservative son to be in charge."