Rupert Murdoch’s son James has resigned from the board of News Corporation, citing “disagreements over certain editorial content” published by the media empire’s news outlets. “My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.”The nature of the disagreements or the news outlets in question were not disclosed. Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corporation, and his other son Lachlan, co-chairman, issued a joint statement on Friday. The Australian arm of the company further owns a number of local and national papers and broadcasters. Outside of News Corporation, the 89-year-old media mogul also owns 20th Century Fox and the Fox network, including Fox News.

Source: The Irish Times July 31, 2020 23:48 UTC