Now that Lachlan Murdoch is back in Australia with plenty of Vegemite, daddy Rupert’s News Corp. is busy restructuring itself to fill the empty gaps.
Whereas Lachlan was set to become chairman of Fox Television Stations, Fox darling Roger Ailes instead took over the position, which gives him control of 35 channels and production studio Twentieth Television.
Already the rumors are swirling as to where Ailes might take the TV unit. Will there be a station-wide morning show? Will they launch a competing late show? Will Ailes’ second assistant’s assistant get an intern?
Only Ailes (and God, sometimes referred to as Rupert) might know. So how did Ailes respond to the news?
“What appeals to me is News Corp. itself,” he said. “This is the greatest media company in the history of the country, probably.”
Obviously he’s never heard of E.W. Scripps. And neither have we.