A group of news organizations filed an emergency petition Thursday, asking Nevada’s highest court to unseal the ongoing family succession battle playing out in a Reno courtroom that will determine the future of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire.

A unique court case has begun in Nevada this week. At stake is the future of the Murdoch empire and the decision about his succession plan.

News Corp. patriarch Rupert Murdoch, 93, wants to ensure eldest son Lachlan gets control of family trust, which has major stakes in Fox News parent Fox and the Wall Street Journal.

The conservative slant of Murdoch’s media empire—which includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal—could be under threat amid a high-stakes succession battle.

Fox News quietly fired politics editor Chris Stirewalt. He was part of the team making the decision two months earlier to call Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Media titan Rupert Murdoch was irate at the judgment.

A "momentous" court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and his £14.9 billion family trust begins in Nevada today. The fate of "a string of newspapers and television channels consumed by millions of people around the world" is at stake, as well as "thousands of jobs" and "billions of pounds", said Sky News.

Watch from outside a Nevada court as a battle over control of Rupert Murdoch’s global television and publishing empire begins Monday 16 September, where a judge will consider the contentious matter of succession.