Inside the 'Succession'-esque battle for the future of the Murdoch media empire

Rupert Murdoch is attempting to change his family’s irrevocable trust and hand over full control of his vast media empire to his eldest son Lachlan to preserve the company’s conservative editorial direction. Murdoch’s other — more politically moderate — children are not happy with the attempted change.

Now, a court is trying to find if Murdoch is acting in good faith to determine if the change will go through.

We speak with Jim Rutenberg, who wrote about this for the New York Times.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.