Money, power and politics often factor heavily into global business empires. And nowhere is that more evident than with News Corp. Now toss six children into that mix, and things at Rupert Murdoch's media giant -- the parent company of Fox television and The Wall Street Journal -- enter a sort of fourth dimension.

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Word on the street is that working for dear old Dad is thankless when you do something right and full of blame when you screw up. Murdoch's eldest once said, "It's easier to be outside (the family business) than inside." And you thought working in TV would be fun.

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Continued: The Redstones