Rupert Murdoch resigns
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09/21/23 • 33 min
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92 year old Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of News Corp, the owner of The Sun, The Times and Fox News - he was in charge of his media empire for 70 years.
In true Succession style, his eldest son, Lachlan takes over. Emily and Lewis ask one of his former prodigal sons, Gordon Smart - who once was deputy editor of The Sun and editor of The Scottish Sun - about the man who used to be his boss.
And later, we discuss the ramifications of Rishi Sunak's changes to his net-zero policies.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Producer: Will Gibson-Smith
You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".
The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.
92 year old Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of News Corp, the owner of The Sun, The Times and Fox News - he was in charge of his media empire for 70 years.
In true Succession style, his eldest son, Lachlan takes over. Emily and Lewis ask one of his former prodigal sons, Gordon Smart - who once was deputy editor of The Sun and editor of The Scottish Sun - about the man who used to be his boss.
And later, we discuss the ramifications of Rishi Sunak's changes to his net-zero policies.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Producer: Will Gibson-Smith
You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".
The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.
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Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Producer: Will Gibson-Smith
You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".
The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.
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Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Producer: Will Gibson-Smith
You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".
The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.
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