Hello and welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, a fine Tuesday evening Cabernet that pairs perfectly with What I’m Hearing. Speaking of wine, it’s been a few months since Bel Air’s most famous winemaker, Rupert Murdoch, married his fifth bride on the grounds of his Moraga vineyard. The nuptials were notably not attended by three of Rupert’s grown children, and now we know why: Murdoch, in full Logan Roy mode, is trying to change his irrevocable trust, stripping them of power to govern the family media empire once Rupert dies. Today, Eriq Gardner looks at the Murdochs’ almost comically ironic effort to keep the media out of its upcoming trial, and the one man seeking to shine a light on a family that has shined so many lights on so many people, whether they wanted it or not.
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Hello and welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, a fine Tuesday evening Cabernet that pairs perfectly with What I’m Hearing. Speaking of wine, it’s been a few months since Bel Air’s most famous winemaker, Rupert Murdoch, married his fifth bride on the grounds of his Moraga vineyard. The nuptials were notably not attended by three of Rupert’s grown children, and now we know why: Murdoch, in full Logan Roy mode, is trying to change his irrevocable trust, stripping them of power to govern the family media empire once Rupert dies.
Today, Eriq Gardner looks at the Murdochs’ almost comically ironic effort to keep the media out of its upcoming trial, and the one man seeking to shine a light on a family that has shined so many lights on so many people, whether they wanted it or not…
But first, more from Eriq…
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- The Trump music case that matters: Today in Atlanta, a federal judge delivered a small but important win to heirs of soul music legend Isaac Hayes who are objecting to Donald Trump’s use of his ’60s hit “Hold On, I’m Coming” at campaign events and July’s Republican National Convention. The lawsuit was...
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| In a scene that could be seamlessly dropped into an episode of Succession, on September 10, Rupert Murdoch and his feuding heirs are set to begin a grueling two-week courtroom saga with major implications for the future of the right-leaning media empire. A Reno judge will consider a petition to amend Rupert’s irrevocable trust, and the 93-year-old mogul plans to take the witness stand to argue that giving total control to Lachlan, his eldest (and most politically simpatico) boy, in fact benefits the entire clan. Meanwhile, his other children, James, Elisabeth, and Prudence, will argue that their father’s so-called “Project Harmony” undermines the trust’s commitment to... |
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