Lachlan Murdoch’s legal team loses bid to have parts of Crikey’s defamation defence dismissed

Australian independent publisher’s application to strike out parts of Murdoch’s reply also failed ahead of defamation trialFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch’s application to have parts of Crikey’s defence about Fox News’s role in the January 6 riot dismissed has failed in a pre-trial hearing in the federal court.In August the co-chair of News Corp filed proceedings for defamation against the Australian independent news site over an article by its politics editor, Bernard Keane, headlined “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator”.Sign up for our free morning newsletter and afternoon email to get your daily news roundup Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-10-21 03:20:47 UTC ]
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PRH UK rethinks its sales teams

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Wired | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate, Whiting Team Up to Celebrate Sophomore Novels

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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