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The Successor

The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch

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The Successor

By: Paddy Manning
Narrated by: David Linski
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The first major biography of Lachlan Murdoch, one of the world’s most powerful and enigmatic people—an epic saga of ruthless power plays and family battles

As heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Rupert’s empire all his life. In this riveting first biography of a little-understood but hugely influential figure, acclaimed journalist Paddy Manning asks: Can the dutiful son hang onto the empire, or will the third generation of Murdoch moguls prove the last?

Despite a life in the spotlight, Lachlan’s personality, politics, and business acumen remain obscure. Is he the ultra-conservative ideologue media reports maintain, or a free-thinking libertarian, as some friends suggest?

Drawing on unprecedented access to Lachlan Murdoch’s inner circle, Manning explores Lachlan’s upbringing, his political beliefs, what we can expect from his time at the helm, and whether he has what it takes to chart a future for this century-old company.

This is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the global media world, and about America in the age of Trump and Murdoch. It is a book about power, apprenticeship, and succession.

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Whilst this was a good summary of the Murdoch world, partly through the Lachlan Murdoch position, there was not very much which was new. The book really just made a summary of public information, news reports and so on. There were no real insights.
Well read by David Linski though.

Nothing new here

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An interesting insight into the family. The narrating was terrible, the constant mispronunciations and dodgy accents were not necessary and did not enhance the listening experience.

The Worst Narrating!

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Thoroughly enjoyed it. Very well researched,l. I found it interesting from start to finish. Would definitely recommend for those interested in the Murdoch family succession plan.

We’ll worth the read or listen

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An interesting insight into the Murdoch empire, the influence and wealth. As well as relationships that were broken and the expense of insincerity to morals and self to protect the Fox interests. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hearing the different perspective on events that have changed and characterised the past 20 years.

The inside story

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I knew from the moment it started. I tried for three chapters but just couldn’t do it because of the narration.

Story could be good but performance so irritating

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