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Murdoch can add Crikey bosses to defamation case
Clarissa Amato 2023-01-30 3:47 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
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.
Winners and losers in 2022’s headline-grabbing defamation cases
Anne Horvath 2023-01-27 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
From the ongoing saga of the high-profile Christian Porter action against the ABC to “backyard” litigation testing the serious harm bar, defamation cases made headlines in 2022, with winners and losers alike shelling out millions to lawyers to protect their reputations.
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.
Crikey planned media blitz over Murdoch feud to up subscriptions, court told
Clarissa Amato 2022-12-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
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.
Murdoch flags ‘massive dispute about privilege’ in Crikey defamation battle
Clarissa Amato 2022-11-30 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
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.
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 Melbourne
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.
Murdoch argues public interest defence no ‘new dawn’ for media outlets
Clarissa Amato 2022-10-10 3:06 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has told a court that Crikey publisher Private Media will be hard-pressed to use a new public interest defence as a shield against his defamation suit over an article allegedly linking the media mogul to the January 6 attack on the US Capital.
Murdoch accuses Crikey of ‘hatred and ridicule’, lobs strike-out application
Clarissa Amato 2022-09-23 12:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has filed a bid to strike out Crikey publisher Private Media’s defence to a defamation suit over an article allegedly linking the media mogul to the US Capital riot, claiming the Australian publisher’s recent public statements directed “hate and ridicule” towards him.
‘Not taken literally’: Crikey hits back at Murdoch defamation suit over Trump ‘co-conspirator’ claim
Defamation 2022-09-21 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Crikey publisher Private Media has hit back at a defamation lawsuit filed by Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch, arguing that an article allegedly linking him to the US Capitol riot covered matters in the public interest and was not taken “literally” by readers.
Murdoch sues Crikey for defamation over Trump ‘co-conspirator’ claim
Defamation 2022-08-23 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has brought defamation proceedings against Crikey over an article allegedly linking him to the US Capitol riot, a day after the independent news publisher challenged the media mogul scion to sue.