Rupert Murdoch’s six children each to get $2bn windfall
Funds to flow from break-up of media mogul’s empire and sale of entertainment businesses
Comcast’s Sky takeover: the winner pays for it all
Beating Disney-backed Fox in an auction for the Murdoch jewel has not come cheap
Goldman Sachs tops $100m in fees from Fox-Disney deal
Payout reflects close relationship between Rupert Murdoch and top banker
Sky News is a pawn in an M&A game of 4D chess
What will happen to everyone’s favourite rolling news channel amid takeover wars?
Sky backs away from Murdoch as Comcast makes £22bn cash bid
Independent directors welcome new offer and say they will engage with both bidders
Why the days of satellite dishes for watching TV are nearing an end
At Sky, a potential change of ownership is coinciding with a technological shift
Regulator leaves door ajar for Murdoch in his pursuit of Sky
Provisional blocking of £11.7bn deal suggests ‘remedies’ that could yet get it across the line
Media industry’s own ‘Game of Thrones’ is marked by twists
Regulators have cast critical eyes over proposed marriages triggered by rise of Big Tech
Time’s ‘Silence Breakers’ moment only a start for media culture change
Penalties for sexual ‘misconduct’ were more visible in 2017, but there is plenty to despair
James Murdoch criticises Donald Trump over Charlottesville
21st Century Fox boss says US president’s reaction to neo-Nazi violence ‘concerns all of us’
The stakes have risen since Murdoch’s last battle for Sky
21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV company is response to an even bigger rival takeover
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox tables £11.7bn bid for Sky
Offer for 61% of Sky not already owned by media tycoon values broadcaster at £18.5bn
Murdoch’s ally sells €165m stake in News Corp
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sells most of his stake in News Corp, a move that could embolden dissident shareholders to challenge Murdoch’s grip
Concern over transactions boom after fraught day on Wall Street
The collapse of $100bn of merger deals on Tuesday was unusual but perhaps timely
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