在这次丑闻爆发之前，默多克同第二任妻子所育三个子女中最小的儿子 — — 詹姆斯·默多克一般被视为最有可能继承家业的人物。
Until the eruption of the current scandal, the youngest of Murdoch’s three children from his second marriage, James, was generally believed to stand the greatest chance of succeeding his father.