James Murdoch resigns from News Corp board

August 3, 2020 8:52

James Murdoch has resigned from the News Corp board of directors.

Murdoch said the resignation was due to disagreements “over certain editorial content published by the company’s news outlets” as well as “certain other strategic decisions”.

James Murdoch is Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son. Across his father’s suite of companies and brands, James has spent time as executive chairman of News International, chairman and CEO of News Corporation across Asia and Europe, as well as CEO of 21st Century Fox.

James Murdoch has this year been critical of News Corp’s position on climate change as well as its coverage of the bushfires in Australia. James and his wife Kathryn said they were “frustrated” at what they regarded as the company’s “denial” of climate change.

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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2 COMMENTS

Fight The Power 3 Aug 20

Good for him. Finally a Murdoch we can all be proud of.

NewsCorp are 13th circle of hell in terms of ethics and this resignation should send a strong signal to media consumers and shareholders alike. The world no longer tolerates right wing bullshit.

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Dallas 3 Aug 20

What would be even better is news without bias. No real chance of that now. All ness outlets left and right feel they must “comment” even if its an eyebrow raise or a smart comment. It’s still comment.

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