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Where to watch "The Murdochs: Empire of Influence"
6. A House Divided
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As 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 playing out today. Lachlan is left solely in charge of Fox News, which becomes more extreme amid the Covid-19 pandemic and 2020 election.
HBO Max5. Planet Fox
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During 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 a flood of sexual harassment accusations lead to the removal of Roger Ailes as head of Fox News, Rupert steps in to run the network and reaches the peak of his political influence after Trump’s electoral upset.
4. Hack Job
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James 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 threatened, and the Murdoch siblings turn on each other like never before.
3. Family Ties
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As his children jockey to someday run the family business, Rupert Murdoch makes his first moves toward choosing a successor, declaring Lachlan the “first among equals.” Tensions with the Murdoch empire escalate further when Rupert divorces Anna, his wife of 30 years, and marries Wendi Deng, with whom he has two more children. At the same time the political influence of Fox News is skyrocketing, Lachlan clashes with his father’s most powerful executive. With Rupert’s succession plans upended, a new heir apparent emerges.
2. Ruthless Expansion
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As they come of age, the Murdoch children get a taste of the family business and begin a decades-long competition to be Rupert’s heir apparent. Now owner of the New York Post, Murdoch uses the paper’s political clout in the United States to expand his empire from print to television. With help from the Reagan administration and money acquired after a violent showdown with British labor unions, Murdoch creates a fourth major broadcasting network in America and forms a new 24-hour cable network: Fox News Channel.
1. Father Issues
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Before Rupert Murdoch is born, his father is one of the most famous newspaper owners in Australia. But when Rupert is robbed 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 tabloid wars of New York City. After settling in Manhattan with his young family, Murdoch uses the New York Post to test the limits of his burgeoning power and influence.
