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The case against Private Media was dropped just days after Fox News settled its case with Dominion Voting Systems in the United States.LoadingThe outcome of the Dominion case played a big role in Crikey’s eventual win. Crikey had updated…

Fox News paid $US787 million ($1.16 billion) to settle a recent lawsuit on its reporting after the 2020 election to avoid a divisive trial and lengthy appeals process, its parent company’s chief executive said.Lachlan Murdoch, executive…

News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch’s battle against small news outlet Crikey is set to continue in a brewing dispute over an almost $600,000 pool of supporter funds after the media scion dropped his defamation litigation.At issue is the…

SYDNEY—Fox Corp. Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Lachlan Murdochended a defamation lawsuit against an Australian media firm, just days after his company settled a separate high-profile dispute with Dominion Voting Systems in the…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Lachlan Murdoch summoned the business leaders of Fox Corp. and News Corp. to Chartwell, his $150 million Los Angeles estate, for a rare meeting in February. Author of the article:…

If Lachlan Murdoch is a media Goliath, then Crikey just might be his David. Murdoch, one of the world’s richest and most powerful men, is suing Private Media, the publisher of news website Crikey over a column that he says falsely suggested…

Fox’s Class A shares closed on October 14 at $US31.55, down 15 per cent for the year, while News Corp. was down 34 per cent to $US15.60.Venkateshwar compared the transaction to the Redstone family’s remerger of Viacom and CBS, which he said…

LoadingIn a defence filed in court on Tuesday, Crikey disputed that the article at the centre of the case satisfied a new serious harm test that is now law in most parts of Australia, including in NSW where the trial will be held.Under that…

“We await your writ so that we can test this important issue of freedom of public interest journalism in a courtroom.”In a statement of claim, Murdoch’s lawyers note the article was free to read rather than being limited to subscribers, and…

A letter sent in late July by Churchill says the Crikey article caused aggravated harm to his client. “The notion that a mass media publication accusing a public figure of criminal conduct hasnot caused, and is not likely to cause, serious…