Lachlan Keith Murdoch is a British-American businessman and mass media heir.
19 Facts About Lachlan Murdoch
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Lachlan Murdoch is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, co-chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and the founder of Australian investment company Illyria Pty Ltd.
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Lachlan Murdoch was born on 8 September 1971 at Wimbledon Hospital in Wimbledon, London, England.
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Lachlan Murdoch is the eldest son of Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his former wife, Scottish journalist and author Anna Maria dePeyster.
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Lachlan Murdoch was raised in New York City where his father owned the New York Post.
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Lachlan Murdoch received his primary and secondary education at the Aspen Country Day School in Aspen, Colorado, Trinity School in New York City, and at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
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At the age of 22, Murdoch was appointed general manager of Queensland Newspapers, the publisher of Brisbane's Courier-Mail.
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Tel by his friend Australian businessman James Packer, the son of television network owner Kerry Packer, Lachlan Murdoch was extensively criticized for encouraging News Corporation's multi-hundred million-dollar investment in the start-up telecommunications company.
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Lachlan Murdoch is one of the founding patrons of an organisation called "Advance", formerly known as the Young Australian Professionals in America.
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In July 2005, the 33-year-old Lachlan Murdoch abruptly resigned as an executive at the News Corp.
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Lachlan Murdoch had oversight of HarperCollins and the company's lines of business in Australia, including REA.
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Lachlan Murdoch served on the board of Foxtel and as chairman of Fox Television stations and was the publisher of the New York Post.
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Lachlan Murdoch was appointed to the News Corp board in 1996.
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In February 2011, Lachlan Murdoch was appointed acting CEO of Ten Network Holdings after the company's board terminated the contract of CEO Grant Blackley.
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CBS's successful bid meant Lachlan Murdoch lost his entire investment in the network.
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In March 2014, Lachlan Murdoch was appointed as non-executive co-chairman of News Corp.
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Lachlan Murdoch stood aside as chairman and a Director of Ten Network Holdings.
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Lachlan Murdoch sent a series of legal threats to Crikey, an Australian electronic magazine, after political editor Bernard Keane tied the Murdochs to the January 6 United States Capitol attack in a 29 June 2022 article.
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On 21 April 2023, Lachlan Murdoch's lawyers filed a notice to discontinue the case.