By John Gruber
For 138 years Lady Liberty watched over us — now it’s time to return the favor.
Wait, sorry, this is the reality show one, not the fictional one:
Once considered a potential successor to Rupert Murdoch, Mr. Murdoch on Friday resigned from the board of the newspaper publisher News Corp, severing his last corporate tie to his father’s global media empire.
“My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions,” Mr. Murdoch, 47, wrote in his resignation letter, which News Corp disclosed in a filing shortly after the close of business on Friday.
★ Friday, 31 July 2020