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A group of news organizations filed an emergency petition Thursday, asking Nevada’s highest court to unseal the ongoing family succession battle playing out in a Reno courtroom that will determine the future of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire.
Murdoch is seeking to amend the family trust that he established decades ago, giving his four oldest children equal votes over the future of his conservative media empire, including its highly profitable crown jewel Fox News, after he dies. The 93-year-old patriarch wants to change the structure so that his eldest son and chosen successor Lachlan – who is more politically aligned with his father than the other children
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