Lala’s Notes
My own take on books, articles, studies, and nagging issues of the times. Tiny summaries are in there, too, and a sprinkling of a-ha moments, trivia bits, connect-the-dots, and more.
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LALA’S BOOKNOTES: Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the epic fight to control the last great media dynasty broke a family—and the world, by Gabriel Sherman
‘Bonfire of the Murdochs’ by Gabriel Sherman traces Rupert Murdoch’s ruthless creation of a $17 billion global media empire. It exposes a toxic “Darwinian” succession war pitting his children—Lachlan, James, Liz, and Prue—against each other. Ultimately, the patriarch destroyed his own family to secure his right-wing corporate legacy.
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PRUE MURDOCH: A comprehensive profile of ‘the ghost in the room’
Prudence is Rupert Murdoch’s eldest and long-forgotten child from his first marriage. ‘Prue’ was devastated when Rupert once publicly stated he only had three children. Because she stayed out of the corporate rat race, she became the family’s fearless truth-teller, eventually allying with half-siblings James and Liz to fight her father’s trust amendment.
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ELISABETH ‘LIZ’ MURDOCH: A comprehensive profile of ‘the exiled queen’
Widely considered the sharpest Murdoch child, Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Murdoch’s ambitions were constantly thwarted by her father Rupert Murdoch’s old-fashioned primogeniture. She walked away to build her own successful production company, Shine, which Rupert later bought. Though she often played the family peacemaker, Liz ultimately joined the Nevada lawsuit to stop brother Lachlan’s uncontested takeover of…
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