With great power comes great responsibility, but what lurks behind it is the battle to possess power and control. It's a tale as old as time, played out in everything from Shakespeare's 'King Lear' to the HBO series'Succession.

At most offices, water cooler talk revolves around annoying company rules or the quality of the snacks in the break room. But at Fox News, they gossip about the Murdochs, the family who controls Fox’s parent company.

The future of Fox News – and the rest of the Murdoch media empire – is at stake in a trial this week in Reno, Nevada. Rupert Murdoch wants to change his will to consolidate his eldest son’s power.

The Murdoch family is headed to probate court in Nevada on Monday as Rupert Murdoch looks to amend his trust, which holds major stakes in Fox Corp. and News Corp, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A battle over future control of Fox within the Murdoch family could change how the company will be run when patriarch Rupert Murdoch passes away.

The latest chapter in the Murdoch family’s battle for power is straight out of ‘Succession’, writes Chris Blackhurst. Rupert has codenamed his plan to divide control of his media empire ‘Project Harmony’,

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.