As Rupert Murdoch battles to keep his empire in the hands of his favoured son Lachlan, the world watches this powerful media dynasty struggle with succession plans. But the Murdochs are just the latest media dynasty who have struggled to keep their empire in the family. Eric Beecher has first hand experience of working for the Murdochs, but now has his own mini-empire Private Media which owns several news websites including Crikey.

Guest: Eric Beecher, Chair Private Media and author of The Men Who Killed the News (Simon and Schuster)