Rebekah Brooks and Robert Thomson may lose out alongside old-school media in push for new-media growth
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“His father built the business by being the boldest media baron in the world. Will Lachlan do the same, or play it safe? And who will he keep by his side to do it?” Then there is Brooks, who one source described as “trusted, powerful and protected”. She has good relations with Lachlan as well as his brother and sisters, and is seen as an untouchable favourite.
“It is hard to know if she peaked under Rupert and whether, if she did want the chief executive role, the moment might have passed her by,” one source said. “She is of course capable, and I don’t know who else he would pick and she would be my bet, but it isn’t only the Rupert show any more.”cut ties with the family firm in 2020
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