Lachlan Murdoch
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Flutter to buy out US business in €3.4bn deal
- Retail & Services
- December 3, 2020, 13:10
Paddy Power owner Flutter Entertainment plans to buy out backers including Google Ventures and New York-based investor KKR to take 95 per cent of its (...)

Bush fires, Brexit and Fox News make 2020 pivotal year for Murdoch
- Media & Marketing
- November 24, 2020, 05:23
A “cancer on democracy” is a stark description of anybody, but former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd knows what he’s doing when he applies it to(...)

Flutter bets Covid-19 will ease puritan take on gambling in US
- Retail & Services
- May 29, 2020, 15:32
Peter Jackson, chief executive of Paddy Power owner, Flutter Entertainment, is preparing to double down again in the US – with the help of Fox and fri(...)

Murdoch empire upheaval coincides with Fox News criticism from within
- Media & Marketing
- June 21, 2018, 06:00
Wholesome Disney has gained what might yet be the definitive edge in its battle with Comcast to buy the entertainment assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st (...)

Comcast opens Disney bidding war with $65bn Fox offer
- Media & Marketing
- June 14, 2018, 11:14
Comcast has launched a $65 billion (€55 billion) takeover bid for some of the marquee assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, gatecrashing the me(...)

Fox offered Bill O’Reilly deal after learning of $32m settlement
- Media & Marketing
- October 22, 2017, 18:56
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is facing renewed scrutiny after it emerged that it had signed a new $25 million contract with its star Fox News hos(...)

UK plans to expand probe into 21st Century Fox bid for Sky
- Media & Marketing
- September 12, 2017, 16:49
The UK plans to expand its probe into 21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV broadcaster Sky, exposing Rupert Murdoch and his family to further scrutiny ov(...)

News Corp closes in on Australia’s free-to-air television market
- Business
- August 24, 2017, 21:38
News Corp has moved closer to gaining a foothold in Australia’s free-to-air television market following a decision by competition authorities to clear(...)

Planet Business
- Technology
- March 28, 2014, 01:00
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