James Murdoch's resignation is result of News Corp's shift further to right

Since the sale of the bulk of Murdoch's 21st Century Fox assets to Disney (of which James was chief executive), there is no future role for him in the corporation

James Murdoch is not the most obvious candidate for editorial heroism. His route to resigning from the News Corp board because of “disagreements over certain editorial content” has been circuitous and colourful.

James’s first major managerial role in his father’s media empire was to run the Star satellite services and News Corp’s Asian operations in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2003. He had mixed commercial success in this period, which is best remembered for his determination to gain access to the Chinese market by currying favour with the government.

He accused Western media of painting a falsely