It (News Corp/Fox etc.) is a massively geared political lever that was going to get broken into 4 parts, 1 per sibling - but now it will remain wielded by a single 'heir', though not the first born: Lachlan, who is even more conservative than his father (Keith) Rupert Murdoch. So expect the spin and propoganda to continue or even get worse.

So to anyone paying attention it does feel quite pessimistic and doom-laden.

Couldn't he just turn one of his body parts into an artifact, a la Vecna the Lich, and write it into the Bylaws that only someone possessing the Spleen of Rupert could rule the corporation?