At the helm is executive chef Lachlan Colwill, a 27-year-old already notorious for his award-winning culinary skills.
Tension within the family is said to have been another factor in Lachlan's departure.
Lachlan is not the only one of Mr Murdoch's children to leave in a hurry.
Oldest son Lachlan resigned from the company in 2005 to pursue his own interests.
On July 29th, Rupert Murdoch's eldest son, Lachlan, suddenly resigned from his executive roles at the company.
Julian Huxley, Lachlan Turner and Digby Ioane are set for debuts as Australia experiment before the World Cup.
Mr Murdoch senior is said to have made cutting remarks about Lachlan's performance in front of other executives.
Lachlan left News Corp. in 2005 and since then has been an media investor and executive in Australia.
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Yet the Murdoch family was well represented there, with both Rupert and Lachlan, his eldest son, on hand.
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Lachlan, aged 33, will stay on News Corp's board, and advise the company.
Mr. Murdoch dismissed the idea of his son Lachlan potentially coming back into the fold as CEO of the publishing company.
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Grouping it with the other TV properties under Elisabeth or with the other news outlets under Lachlan would be more logical.
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Executives at News Corp also say that Lachlan was not as obsessively interested in running the businesses as his father would have liked.
Lachlan's responsibilities are now expected to pass to Mr Chernin, and Mr Murdoch will return to being publisher of the New York Post.
The male scions of Australian family fortunes, such as Lachlan Murdoch (the eldest son of Rupert), are not routinely described in the press as heirs.
His oldest four children -- daughters Prudence and Elisabeth, and sons Lachlan and James -- all have a say in the running of the company.
At the AGM last October, a notable minority sent him a signal when they withheld support for the advancement of his sons, James and Lachlan.
Murdoch's other son, 35-year-old Lachlan, left in a huff in 2005.
Lachlan is currently out of the succession picture, although a recent report in the Daily Beast predicted he will return to head up newspaper operations.
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"That specific role is not on the agenda but I certainly hope that Lachlan will return to the company, " although he said it wouldn't necessarily be at the publishing side.
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Wasps had the perfect chance to get back into the match at the start of the second half but centre Lachlan Mitchell spilled the ball as he dived over the line.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey or a nonfamily member could step in as CEO, but a new successor from within the family, either daughter Elisabeth, 42, or eldest son Lachlan, 40, may be in the wings.
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It was friction with Ailes that drove Lachlan, the eldest of the three and until that point the anointed heir, out of the company in the first place six years ago, according to a New York magazine profile.
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She quit the company two years later and now has her own U.K.-based production company. (Just last week, her brother Lachlan Murdoch , his father's more recent heir apparent, followed suit, quitting News Corp.) Still, it seems fairly certain that these women are making their wealthy fathers proud.
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