The future of the Australian newspaper, which Rupert Murdoch launched in 1964, is less assured with Lachlan favouring Sky News Australia and Foxtel
was stepping down was not surprising to News Corp insiders given the 92-year-old had already largely removed himself from the day-to-day running of his media empire, which began when he inherited a controlling shareholding in News Limited, publisher of an Adelaide newspaper in 1952.
Lachlan put Whittaker into the powerful role of chair of the Australian’s editorial board, giving him ultimate say over what happens at the national broadsheet. Although the loyal editor Michelle Gunn was elevated to editor-in-chief when Dore left, Lachlan believed she needed guidance. The Australian’s editorial resources have been cut drastically in recent years but the paper remains influential in setting the political agenda, along with Sky News Australia and the tabloids.
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