Most people know Rupert Murdoch for creating Fox News, which replaced the conservative intellectualism of William F. Buckley with right-wing tabloid fodder. The media mogul and his family were the focus of a recent Netflix documentary calledDynasty: The Murdochs. Recent years have also seen top talent leave after the fallout from the sexually abusive environment at Fox News. But the Murdoch story is much bigger, serving as the inspiration for HBO’s hit series Succession, while the Murdoch children jockey for position both inside and outside their father’s media empire.

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