NWS News: Exclusive-Starboard files proposal at News Corp, seeks to break Murdoch's grip - 7th Sep 2024, 4:43am

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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Starboard Value has filed a shareholder resolution to do away with the dual-class shares that allow Rupert Murdoch to control News Corp, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, according to people familiar with the matter.

Starboard's move comes as the 93-year-old media tycoon is locked in a legal dispute with some of his children to try to ensure that his son Lachlan Murdoch will control News Corp and broadcasting giant Fox Corp after h...

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