The Murdochs: Empire Of Influence
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40:09As the Trump presidency creates fault lines between James and Lachlan Murdoch, who are jointly running the family business, Rupert also worries about the future media landscape. When he decides to sell the 21st Century Fox movie studio to Disney, it creates a rift within the family, the dramatic fallout of which is still p...
39:40During the 2016 presidential race, Fox News clashes with Donald Trump and confronts viewers' unshakable loyalty to the Republican primary frontrunner. Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch gives James and Lachlan joint control over the family business in a power-sharing experiment that pulls the company in opposite directions. When Ro...
39:40James Murdoch rises to the top of his family's empire, overseeing all of News International in Europe, and he seems destined to someday take control of the company. But his fortunes shift when a Murdoch tabloid in Britain is caught hacking into private phone messages. The family is marred by scandal, the entire empire is t...
39:51In the lead-up to the Iraq War, as Rupert Murdoch flexes political muscles, the ratings and influence of Fox News skyrocket. But when his son Lachlan clashes with a powerful executive within the company, Rupert's succession plans get upended. Meanwhile, James is rising in the family business and proving himself as a potent...
39:40As his children jockey to someday run the family business, Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News and makes his first moves toward choosing a successor, declaring Lachlan the 'first among equals.' Tensions within the Murdoch empire escalate further when Rupert divorces Anna, his wife of 30 years, and marries Wendi Deng.
39:40Now owner of the New York Post, Murdoch uses the paper to flex his political muscles and expand his empire from print to television with help from the Reagan administration and money acquired after a violent showdown with British labor unions. Meanwhile, his wife, Anna, worries that the developing succession battle among h...
39:40Before Rupert Murdoch is born, his father is one of the most famous newspaper owners in Australia. But when Rupert is robbed of much of his inheritance at a young age, he sets out to become an unstoppable media tycoon, expanding his ruthless empire throughout the continent, across Fleet Street in London, and into the tablo...