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Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australian outlet Crikey in wake of massive Dominion settlement

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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped his defamation lawsuit against the publisher of Crikey, the scrappy Australian news and commentary site, after it published an article last year that called him an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the January 6 atta…

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  1. KTVZ Bend

    Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australian outlet Crikey in wake of massive Dominion settlement (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Oliver Darcy, CNN Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped his defamation lawsuit against the publisher of Crikey, the scrappy Australian news and commentary site, after it published an article last year that called him an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the January 6 atta…

  2. Fortune

    Lachlan Murdoch drops his defamation lawsuit against an Australian news outlet after Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle Dominion suit (opens Fortune)

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    Australian news site Crikey said in an analysis article that Murdoch and others at Fox were effectively complicit in the effort to overturn the U.S. presidential election.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australia’s Crikey (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Move comes days after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5m over false claims the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

  4. Deadline

    Lachlan Murdoch Drops Defamation Claim Against Australian News Site Following Dominion Settlement (opens Deadline)

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    Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch is dropping his defamation claim against Australian news site Crikey over a column that connected him to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. In a statement, Murdoch…

  5. Deadline

    Lachlan Murdoch Sues Australian News Site For Defamation Over January 6th Column (opens Deadline)

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    Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch filed suit against Australian news site Crikey on Tuesday over an opinion column that connected the Murdochs to the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. The state…

  6. Forbes

    Lachlan Murdoch Drops Defamation Suit Against Australian Publisher Days After Fox-Dominion Settlement (opens Forbes)

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    Murdoch had sued the publisher of Australian news website Crikey after it labeled the Murdoch family an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

  7. The Guardian

    Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey (opens The Guardian)

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    Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit

  8. New York Times

    Lachlan Murdoch Drops Libel Suit Against Australian News Site (opens New York Times)

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    His lawyer said the website, Crikey, intended to exploit the outcome of the Fox-Dominion defamation case in the U.S.

  9. Wall Street Journal

    Lachlan Murdoch Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Australian Publisher (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Fox Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Lachlan Murdoch ended a defamation lawsuit against an Australian media company.

  10. UPI

    Fox boss Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Crikey after Dominion settlement (opens UPI)

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    Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of Fox Corporation, has dropped his defamation lawsuit against the publisher of the Australian newspaper Crikey.

  11. France 24

    Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch drops January 6 defamation case in Australia (opens France 24)

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    Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped a high-profile defamation case against an Australian website that accused his family's conservative media empire of fuelling the 2021…

  12. The Hollywood Reporter

    Lachlan Murdoch Drops Defamation Suit Against Australian News Site (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation ended legal proceedings against Crikey over an op-ed that linked the Murdoch family to the U.S. Capitol attack.

  13. The Guardian

    Lachlan Murdoch’s decision to drop the defamation suit atones for the misjudgement of suing in the first place | Matt Collins (opens The Guardian)

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    Discontinuation of defamation proceedings against Crikey was no less remarkable than the decision to sue the minnow publisher

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