Rupert Murdoch's succession plans just got a lot more like 'Succession'

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Rupert Murdoch is attempting to rewrite the family trust to ensure his elder son, Lachlan Murdoch, has control over the media empire.

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Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova get married at his California vineyard

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Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova.

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Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged for the sixth time. Here's a complete timeline of his past marriages.

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Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of Fox News Channel, September 10, 2017.

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Rupert Murdoch's new Russian fiancée ties him to a sprawling web of money — with some surprising connections

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Rupert Murdoch (left) and Roman Abramovich (right).
Rupert Murdoch's (left) fiancée, Elena Zhukova was once the mother-in-law of Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich (right). Zhukova's daughter, Dasha, was married to Abramovich from 2008 to 2017.

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Rupert Murdoch is taking yet another shot at marriage at the age of 92

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Rupert Murdoch, 92, is getting married. Again.

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Rupert Murdoch has been watching too much 'Succession,' Brian Cox — the actor who played Logan Roy — joked as he weighed in on the media tycoon stepping down

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Brian Cox as Logan Roy on "Succession," and Rupert Murdoch.

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Lachlan Murdoch backs Fox board role for former Australian PM who called climate change science 'absolute crap'

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Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been nominated to the Fox board.

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The biggest controversies during Murdoch's reign at Fox

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Rupert Murdoch stepped down as chair of Fox Corporation and News Corp on September 20. The 92-year-old billionaire amassed a global media empire but was racked with scandals over his seven-decade career.

Rupert Murdoch completes the real-life 'Succession' story. Here's how his son Lachlan rose to the top.

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The "Succession"-like saga that unfolded in the Murdoch family seems to have come to an end, with Lachlan, right, taking over from his father Rupert, center. James, left, no longer has a leadership position at the family companies.

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Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from running Fox and News Corp. and is handing the reins to his son Lachlan

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Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch at Day 10 of the US Open held at the USTA Tennis Center on September 5, 2018 in New York City.

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