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Murdoch coughs up $1.3M in Crikey’s legal costs of defamation case
Clarissa Amato 2023-08-22 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has paid $1.3 million to Crikey publisher Private Media for costs incurred successfully defending his defamation suit.

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Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation case against Crikey publisher
Clarissa Amato 2023-04-21 12:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Crikey publisher Private Media over an article that allegedly linked him to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

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Lachlan Murdoch ‘morally and ethically culpable’ for US Capitol riot, Crikey publisher says
Clarissa Amato 2023-04-12 10:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Crikey publisher Private Media has filed a new contextual truth defence to defamation claims brought by Lachlan Murdoch, arguing the Fox News CEO is “morally and ethically culpable” for the January 6 riot on the US Capitol.

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Judge calls out ‘ego and hubris’ in Murdoch defamation case
Clarissa Amato 2023-04-04 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a defamation action brought by Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch over a Crikey article that allegedly linked him to the January 6 riot on the US Capital has questioned the “scorched earth policy” taken by both sides.

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Murdoch wants court to decide if Crikey defamed him before trial
Clarissa Amato 2023-03-24 10:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch wants a court to decide before trial whether a Crikey article published last year that allegedly linked him to the US Capital riot was defamatory. 

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Murdoch can add Crikey bosses to defamation case
Clarissa Amato 2023-01-30 3:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has cited the “editorial interference” of Private Media chairman Eric Beecher and CEO Will Hayward in a successful bid to join them as defendants in his defamation case against the Crikey publisher over an article in June last year.

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Murdoch names Private Media bosses in expanded defamation case over Crikey article
Clarissa Amato 2022-12-22 3:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The decision by Crikey to republish an article at the centre of a defamation case by Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch is the focus of the media mogul’s proposed new pleadings and its application to join Private Media chairman Eric Beecher and CEO Will Hayward.

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Crikey planned media blitz over Murdoch feud to up subscriptions, court told
Clarissa Amato 2022-12-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

News outlet Crikey has handed over internal documents showing its plans to mount a marketing campaign portraying itself as the victim in a “David and Goliath” battle with Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch over an allegedly defamatory article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a court has heard.

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Murdoch flags ‘massive dispute about privilege’ in Crikey defamation battle
Clarissa Amato 2022-11-30 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A “massive dispute about privilege” is on the cards in the defamation row between Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch and news outlet Crikey over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

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Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ‘sold a pup’ with defamation reforms
Clarissa Amato 2022-10-21 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that the media has been ‘sold a pup’ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.

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