Is the Summer Olympics The Best Olympics? Let's Argue About It.
Plus, Rupert Murdoch's gotten into it again!! And you can buy Flo Jo's shoes.
Turn on the Succession klaxon: I have Rupert Murdoch news that isn’t about his surprisingly robust love life. According to The New York Times (and a bunch of other sources), he is, Logan Roy-style, in a big old fight with his kids about his business. In short:
Mr. Murdoch, 93, set the drama in motion late last year, when he made a surprise move to change the terms of the Murdochs’ irrevocable family trust to ensure that his eldest son and chosen successor, Lachlan, would remain in charge of his vast collection of television networks and newspapers.
No wonder this man was so paranoid about people leaking stories to the Succession writers; someone clearly was, and also he’s a total drama-llama who keeps doing stuff that you would use if you were writing prestige Emmy-bait about the conflict-laden family of a super-powerful multimedia mogul. That’s a gifted link up there to the NYT and I really recommend it, because it is dishy, full of secret meetings and pissed off daughters, and former…