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| News Corp: Rupert Murdoch's son James quits company | News Corp: Rupert Murdoch's son James quits company |
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| James Murdoch, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from the board of News Corporation citing "disagreements over editorial content". | James Murdoch, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from the board of News Corporation citing "disagreements over editorial content". |
| In a filing to US regulators, he said he also disagreed with some "strategic decisions" made by the company. | In a filing to US regulators, he said he also disagreed with some "strategic decisions" made by the company. |
| The exact nature of the disagreements was not detailed. | The exact nature of the disagreements was not detailed. |
| But Mr Murdoch has previously criticised News Corp outlets, which include the Wall Street Journal, for climate change coverage. | But Mr Murdoch has previously criticised News Corp outlets, which include the Wall Street Journal, for climate change coverage. |
| Rupert Murdoch, News Corp's executive chairman, and his other son Lachlan, co-chairman, wished James well in a joint statement. | |
| "We're grateful to James for his many years of service to the company," the statement said. "We wish him the very best in his future endeavours." | |
| Representatives of Mr Murdoch and his wife Kathryn have acknowledged the couple's "frustration" with coverage of the subject by some of most influential Murdoch-owned news brands, including Fox News. | Representatives of Mr Murdoch and his wife Kathryn have acknowledged the couple's "frustration" with coverage of the subject by some of most influential Murdoch-owned news brands, including Fox News. |
| They have also spoken of particular disappointment about climate change denial in Murdoch-owned Australian outlets. | They have also spoken of particular disappointment about climate change denial in Murdoch-owned Australian outlets. |
| News Corp also owns The Times, The Sun and The Sunday Times in the UK, as well as a stable of Australian newspapers, including The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun. | News Corp also owns The Times, The Sun and The Sunday Times in the UK, as well as a stable of Australian newspapers, including The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun. |
| What do we know about past disagreements? | |
| Earlier this year, amid devastating wildfires in Australia, Mr Murdoch and his wife Kathryn expressed their frustration with climate change coverage by News Corp and Fox. | |
| Their spokesperson told The Daily Beast they were "particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in Australia given obvious evidence to the contrary." | |
| Rupert Murdoch has described himself as a climate change "sceptic" and denies employing climate deniers. | |
| But critics of News Corp pointed to its comment articles and reporting of the alleged role of arson in the wildfires as minimising the impact of a changing climate. |