Here's the real story behind HBO's Succession. Rupert Murdoch inherits one newspaper in Australia. He turns it into a global media empire. Fox News. Wall Street Journal. 20th Century Fox. He controls how millions get their news. But he has three kids who want to run it. Lachlan, the oldest and conservative. James, younger and liberal. Elisabeth in TV production. 1990s. Lachlan is the favorite. He's running Australian operations. Being groomed to take over. Then he clashes with executives and qui