Editing Rupert Murdoch (section)

==Succession court case (2024)==
{{main|Succession of Rupert Murdoch}}
{{as of|2024|12}}, the whole Murdoch family is involved in a court case in [[Reno]], [[Nevada]], in which James, his sister [[Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)|Elisabeth]] and half-sister [[Prudence Murdoch|Prudence]] are challenging their father's bid to amend the [[Murdoch Family Trust|family trust]] to ensure that his eldest son, [[Lachlan Murdoch|Lachlan]], retains control of News Corp and Fox Corp, rather than benefiting all of his six children, as is specified in the "irrevocable" terms of the trust. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Murdoch Senior wants his companies to remain politically conservative, and sees his other children as too politically liberal.<ref name=clarke2024>{{cite web | last1=Clarke | first1=Carrington | last2=Ryan | first2=Brad | title=Rupert Murdoch's family feud over future of News Corp and Fox plays out in Nevada court | website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | date=17 September 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-17/rupert-lachlan-james-murdoch-news-corp-fox-court-nevada/104358816 | access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=rutenbert2024/> 

The irrevocable family trust was set up after Rupert and Anna Murdoch's divorce in 1999, to hold the family's 28.5% stake in News Corp. It relates only  to the children born before then, giving them equal say in the fate of the business after Rupert's death.<ref name=erskine2024/>  Chloe and Grace Murdoch, Rupert's children with third wife [[Wendi Deng Murdoch|Wendi Deng]], will have no say in the business,<ref name=hassall2024>{{cite web | last=Hassall | first=Greg | title=Lachlan Murdoch controls his family's media empire, but for how long and at what cost? | website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | date=8 September 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-08/bitter-battle-brewing-over-the-murdoch-family-succession/104036852 | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> although will share the stock proceeds.<ref name=erskine2024>{{cite web | last=Erskine | first=Matthew F. | title=Succession: The Brewing Controversy Over The Murdoch Family Trust | website=Forbes | date=8 August 2024 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewerskine/2024/08/08/succession-the-brewing-controversy-of-the-murdock-family-trust/ | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> The case follows Rupert's attempt to change the trust in 2023, and the Nevada [[probate|probate commissioner]]'s finding that he was allowed to amend the trust "if he is able to show he is acting in good faith and for the sole benefit of his heirs".<ref name=rutenbert2024>{{cite web | last1=Rutenberg | first1=Jim | last2=Mahler | first2=Jonathan | title=The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=24 July 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/rupert-murdoch-succession-fox.html | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> Rupert Murdoch is arguing interference by the other siblings would cause a financial loss to Fox, and therefore "in their own best interests if they have their votes taken away from them".<ref name=whittaker2024>{{cite web | last=Whittaker | first=Mark | title=Lachlan Murdoch: Holding the keys to the empire and, maybe, the future of democracy | website=Forbes Australia | date=8 September 2024 | url=https://www.forbes.com.au/news/billionaires/lachlan-murdoch-holding-the-keys-to-the-empire-and-democracy/ | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> He argues that preserving the outlet's conservative editorial stance against interference by the more politically moderate siblings would better protect its commercial value.<ref name=erskine2024/>

The case has led to the three children becoming estranged from their father, with none of them attending his wedding to his fifth wife, Elena Zhukova, in June 2024.<ref name=rutenbert2024/>