james murdoch's letter to the board of newscorp was terse.t the conservative editorial stance of newscorp assets such as the wall street journal and, most particularly, fox news. we're seeing a moment of real tumult and a rupture play out in public. and i thinkjames's resignation is a real manifestation of that. and it's an indication that he doesn't expect to have any real influence over the direction of fox news or its other properties in the immediate years ahead. back in the days of 21st century fox, the two potential heirs to the murdoch media empire shared power between them. but the sale of much of the fox entertainment business to the walt disney company two years ago led to james's departure as ceo. lachlan took over the remainder of that business whilst continuing to run newscorp, and it was there that differences between the two brothers seemed to grow. james publicly taking issue with newscorp's coverage of the australian wildfires, which he thought should focus more on climate change, a subject close to his heart. only for the bl

james murdoch, the son of the media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board of newscorp, thes in london, the wall streetjournal, and the new york post. in his letter of resignation, james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content as well as other strategic decisions. david willis reports. they've been called the most powerful media family in the world. father rupert, seen here with sons james on the right, lachlan on the left. now, the family dynasty has imploded, leaving a trail of questions and intrigue. james murdoch's letter to the board of news corp was terse. "my resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the company's news outlets," he wrote. "and certain other strategic decisions." central to those qualms over content, it's thought the conservative editorial stance of news corp assets such as the wall street journal and, most particularly, fox news. we are seeing a moment of real tumult and a rupture play out in public. i thinkjames's resignation is a real manifestation of that. and it is an indication that he does

james murdoch, the son of media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board of newscorp, the companyf media outlets including the times in london, the wall streetjournal and the new york post. in his letter of resignation, james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content, as well as other strategic decisions. joining me now from new york is david folkenflik. he is media correspondent for national public radio in the us and also the author of a book, murdoch's world: the last of the old media empires. ‘s thanks for your time. let's start with those certain editorial disagreements that were alluded to in that rather brief letter or that rather brief letter or that rather brief notice that we got of james murdoch's resignation. what do we think that could be about? a terse note indeed, that didn't spell out what those disagreements occurred on, but it is not hard to discern. there are two broad categories i think you can look at. one is the question of the family's support on the editorial pages, and in some cases the news pages, of the new york post, for president trump