In part two of a three-part Australian Story profile of Lachlan Murdoch by journalist Paddy Manning looks at his wins and losses – including Super League, which pitted him against fellow media heir James Packer, One.Tel, REA and Channel 10.
This second episode, Money, examines Lachlan’s complicated relationship with the family business – his desire to prove himself to his father and take over the empire but his need to also show that he can also go it alone.
It looks at his wins and losses – including Super League, which pitted him against fellow media heir James Packer, One.Tel, REA and Channel Ten – his nine-year self-imposed exile from the family business and his eventual return following the phone-hacking scandal in the UK that tarnished the reputation of his brother James.
Making Lachlan Murdoch combines a treasure trove of archival material with acute analysis from friends, associates and commentators, including James Packer, Malcolm Turnbull, New York Times journalist Jim Rutenberg, footballer and friend Ian Roberts and former Murdoch employees Mark Day, Eric Beecher, Roy Greenslade and David Armstrong.
Manning’s fascination with the Murdochs, and Lachlan in particular, has led to him becoming one of the world’s leading authorities on the family. In this landmark series, he combines forensic investigative skills with a down-to-earth style to tell one of the great untold stories of our time.
8pm Monday on ABC.
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