A US tribunal began picking over the bitter spat between media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his children Monday in a case that could determine the fate of his empire, including the influential right-wing Fox News.

A trial straight of Succession began in Reno, Nevada yesterday.

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his family will head to court in Nevada. The Fox News and Wall Street Journal owner reportedly seeks to rewrite an irrevocable trust to benefit his eldest son to the detriment of three of his other children.

A court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and a £14.9bn family trust begins on Monday. The case will pit 93-year-old Mr Murdoch against three of his eldest children over who will gain the most voting shares and power to control News Corp and Fox News when the billionaire dies.

Rupert Murdoch wants to ensure that when he dies control of the trust passes to his oldest son. Three of his other children oppose the change.

Rupert Murdoch argues that his younger children could dilute Fox News’ right-wing appeal, risking its audience; he believes his eldest child Lachlan will keep the broadcaster’s hard-right stance

Fox News quietly fired politics editor Chris Stirewalt. He had made the decision two months earlier to call Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Media titan Rupert Murdoch was irate at the judgment.

A "momentous" court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and his £14.9 billion family trust begins in Nevada today. The fate of "a string of newspapers and television channels consumed by millions of people around the world" is at stake,