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Karoline Leavitt Gets a New Gig
Karoline Leavitt
Gets a New Gig
Oct 5, 2026 9:10 AM CDT

Karoline Leavitt Gets a New Gig

Trump press aide to offer MAGA-focused commentary for Fox News

(Newser) - Karoline Leavitt is trading the White House podium for a Fox News studio chair. The 29-year-old, who served as President Trump's press secretary and chief spokeswoman until August, will become an on-air contributor for the network starting Nov. 1, Fox News announced Monday, per the New York Times . Leavitt, once...

Prince Harry, Elton John Have to Pay Big Bucks to Daily Mail

They, along with 5 others, must pony up an initial $13M over failed invasion-of-privacy case

(Newser) - Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial $13 million to the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion-of-privacy case. In a judgment on Friday, Justice Matthew Nicklin said the payment must be made by Aug. 28, per the...

Trump Refiles $10B Lawsuit Over WSJ Epstein Story

Suit claims newspaper defamed Trump with article on disputed Epstein letter

(Newser) - President Trump hasn't given up on getting a huge payout from the Wall Street Journal . His lawyers have refiled a $10 billion lawsuit against the Journal's publisher over a 2025 story that said a "bawdy" letter bearing his name, with a sexually suggestive message and a drawing...

James Murdoch Is Going Media Shopping

Murdoch's Lupa Systems to acquire roughly half of Vox Media

(Newser) - James Murdoch is making his biggest US media move yet—and it's not in cable news. As the New York Times reports, the younger Murdoch is buying roughly half of Vox Media through his firm Lupa Systems, scooping up New York magazine, Vox.com, and the company's sprawling...

Judge Tosses Trump's Defamation Suit Against WSJ

Judge cites lack of actual malice in Epstein coverage, but will allow president to file amended complaint

(Newser) - President Trump's multibillion-dollar defamation case against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal just hit a wall—but not a dead end. A federal judge in Miami on Monday threw out Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over a story alleging that he sent a "bawdy" 50th birthday card...

The New York Post Goes West Coast
The New York Post
Goes West Coast
Jan 26, 2026 11:55 AM CST

The New York Post Goes West Coast

California Post brings brash New York-style tabloid news to the Left Coast

(Newser) - Aiming to shake up the Golden State's media landscape, the California Post launched on Monday with a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky, and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast. The Los Angeles outpost of the New York Post will...

Guy Pearce to Lead Rupert Murdoch Biopic

Danny Boyle to direct film adaptation of James Graham's Ink

(Newser) - Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has found a new project: a film chronicling the rise of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Boyle has signed on to direct Ink, based on the James Graham play of the same name, detailing the rise of Murdoch's media empire in the 1960s, Deadline reports. The...

Trump Brings Murdoch's Health Into Suit Over Epstein Article

Filing asks judge to order deposition to be taken soon

(Newser) - President Trump's legal team wants Rupert Murdoch to sit for a deposition within two weeks for a $10 billion libel suit over a Wall Street Journal article about the president's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The lawyers argue that Murdoch's age—94—and history of health issues...

Trump Files $10B Suit Against Murdoch, WSJ

President is peeved after paper reported on ties between himself, Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - As promised , President Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on ties between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks at least $10 billion in damages, per...

Trump: Rupert Ignored My Demand, Will Pay the Price

President livid over Wall Street Journal report about him and Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - President Trump says he personally warned Rupert Murdoch not to let his Wall Street Journal publish a story about him and Jeffrey Epstein . And because the Journal went ahead and printed it anyway, Trump says he's relishing a court fight, reports the Hill .
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British Tabs Settle With Harry, Say Sorry, Will Pay Up

News Group offers 'full and unequivocal apology' for privacy violations

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloids made a rare apology to Prince Harry in settling his privacy invasion lawsuit and will pay him a substantial sum, his lawyer said Wednesday, per the AP . Harry's lawyer David Sherborne read a statement in court saying News Group offers a "full and...

A Big Loss for Murdoch in Secret Court Battle

Commissioner rejects his attempt to change family trust

(Newser) - A probate commissioner in Nevada has handed Rupert Murdoch a big defeat in a court battle resembling—and sparked by—Succession. According to a sealed court document obtained by the New York Times , Edmund J. Gorman Jr. rejected the 93-year-old's attempt to change a family trust to ensure that...

Trump Has a 'Very Simple' Request for Rupert Murdoch

Ex-prez wants media mogul to keep negative ads on him off Fox News until election

(Newser) - The GOP is seeing ample gains in voter registration , which is good news for Donald Trump, but the former president now plans to seek further help from Rupert Murdoch, with what Trump says is a "very simple" ask but NJ.com frames as "bizarre." Trump's pending...

Murdoch Wins Victory Over Media Groups' Fight for Access

Nevada judge rejects petition to unseal case on media mogul's legal battle with family members

(Newser) - Want the inside scoop on the "secret" Murdoch family legal battle that isn't such a secret anymore? We hate to disappoint, but you might be in the dark for a while. Patriarch Rupert Murdoch, 93, appears set on leaving his media empire, which includes Fox News and the...

New Search Launched in Bizarre Case Linked to Murdoch

Woman was kidnapped and killed after being mistaken for his wife in 1969

(Newser) - One of the men convicted of killing a British woman 55 years ago in a case of mistaken identity has asked to return to the UK in order to help locate her body. Nizamodeen Hosein says Muriel McKay's body is on the Hertfordshire farm he once shared with his...

Report: Murdoch Family Is Fighting a Secret Legal Battle

3 of his 4 oldest children are fighting efforts to give Lachlan control after Rupert's death

(Newser) - The HBO drama Succession concluded after four seasons, but the real-life version appears to be set for a much longer run. The New York Times reports that 93-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch has become estranged from three of his four oldest children amid a secret legal battle over the future...

Murdoch Begins New Marriage
Rupert Murdoch Marries at 93
Jun 2, 2024 3:20 PM CDT

Rupert Murdoch Marries at 93

Retired Fox boss marries retired molecular biologist

(Newser) - The former chairman of Fox and News Corp. has made news by marrying a Russian-born retired molecular biologist. Rupert Murdoch, 93, and Elena Zhukova, 67, held their ceremony Saturday at his vineyard and estate in Bel Air, California, People reports. The marriage is Murdoch's fifth and wraps up his...

Hugh Grant Got 'Enormous Sum' to Keep Suit Out of Court

Actor says he won't let windfall be 'hush money' after his snooping complaint against the UK tabloid

(Newser) - Hugh Grant received "an enormous sum of money" to settle a lawsuit accusing the Sun of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his home, the actor said Wednesday after the agreement was announced in court. Grant, who along with Prince Harry had sued News Group...

Wedding Bells Will Ring Again for Rupert Murdoch

He's engaged to Elena Zhukova

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is getting married again at age 92. The media tycoon is engaged to Elena Zhukova, 67, a retired molecular biologist from Russia, his office confirms to the New York Times . Murdoch has been married five times; he was engaged a sixth time, but that engagement lasted just two...

One Notable Thing About Murdoch's 'Retirement'
One Notable
Thing About
Murdoch's
'Retirement'
OPINION
Sep 25, 2023 9:02 AM CDT

One Notable Thing About Murdoch's 'Retirement'

He never actually uses the word, points out media writer Jack Shafer, and it matters

(Newser) - In assessing the surprise news that Rupert Murdoch is giving up the reins at his media empire, Jack Shafer of Politico can't help but notice that Murdoch never actually uses the word "retirement" in his statement . In fact, the 92-year-old makes clear that he will continue to have...

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