Has Rupert Murdoch actually given up on his legacy deal?

<p>Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is cutting 5% of its jobs around the world, with over a thousand employees in the newspaper business about to be let go.</p><p>But it’s not the only upheaval within the Murdoch media empire. Plans to merge Fox Corporation with the newspaper side of the business have recently been shelved.</p><p>So what does that mean for Rupert’s successor, eldest son Lachlan?</p><p>Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper and author of the biography of Lachlan Murdoch <em>The Successor</em> – Paddy Manning, on the merger that could define Rupert Murdoch’s legacy and whether he’s really abandoned it for good.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em> and author of the biography of Lachlan Murdoch <em>The Successor</em>, Paddy Manning</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>