2024-12-12
13 分钟Good morning.
It's Thursday, December 12th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News today.
On today's show, the effort to find an American journalist believed to be imprisoned in Syria for more than a decade.
A bill to expand bereavement leave to include pregnancy loss.
And FIFA makes a controversial pick to host the 2034 World Cup.
But first, to a bitter family feud over the future of an American media empire.
Earlier this week, a court in Nevada denied a request from Rupert Murdoch, the magnate who controls Fox News and several other conservative outlets,
to change his family trust and consolidate power of the company.
Under his son Lachlan.
David Folkenflick is NPR's media correspondent and.
He'S written a book on Murdoch.
So here he is at the age of 93,
stepping into an obscure probate court in Reno, Nevada, away from the national spotlight in Clare to say, you know, that irrevocable trust,
I pretty much want to revoke it and I want to rewrite it and Lachlan's going to be my guy.
He explained to us this isn't really about money, as most inheritance fights tend to be.
It's about which kid Murdoch trusts to maintain the right wing slant of his media empire after he dies.
For years, he has effectively made his four oldest children vie for his affection, respect,
and perhaps most importantly, the opportunity to take over his businesses.