
Financial Times
Aug 28, 2017 - 16 min
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He sold 20th Century Fox to Disney at the peak of its value. Why not do the same with the rest? For Alex Barker, the media company has become a grizzled rump that is being managed for decline, and two years on from selling its film division — something Barker calls "the masterstroke of Rupert Murdoch's career" — he argues the remaining assets are rapidly losing value. Here, he contemplates what business options make the most sense for Murdoch to do next.