The Murdoch family is fighting over future control of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. Rupert Murdoch wanted to change the terms of his family’s trust to ensure that his son Lachlan would be his successor upon his death, but a Nevada probate commissioner rejected his bid. Murdoch, 93, initiated the effort to change the terms of the trust last year to preserve the conservative orientation of his sprawling media empire. As first reported by the New York Times this summer, the elder Murdoch was concerned that a “lack of consensus” among his three other older children would have financial consequences for the company. But probate commissioner Edmund “Joe” Gorman Jr. ruled against the effort, deeming it a “carefully crafted charade,” the New York Times reported on Monday afternoon. The case will now move to a district judge who could choose to affirm the recommendation, deny it or send it back for additional inquiry. Caption from original article by Jeremy Barr and Sarah Ellison.