It was a court battle that turned brother (and sister) against brother, and father against son – with the control of a diminished but still vast media empire at stake. Supposedly, there were matters of high principle involved too, about the future of truth, decency and perhaps even democracy itself. But in the end, it was all about money.

Someone really ought to make a prestige TV drama out of it all.

The succession battle as to who will take control of the remnants of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has been settled, and – with seeming inevitability – Rupert has got his way.

His son Lachlan will take sole control of the company, and his rivals are out. Those unsuccessful siblings , though, need not be too disappointed: James Murdoch, his sister Elisabeth, and their older half-sister

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