▲ 69 ▼ Rupert Murdoch to step down as chair of Fox, News Corp. - UPI.com (www.upi.com) submitted 2 years ago by Madison_rogue@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Rupert Murdoch will step down as board chair of Fox and News Corp. and be succeeded by his eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, the companies announced Thursday.