Elisabeth Murdoch's Next Frontier

In returning to the media colossus that controls the U.S.’s No. 2 broadcast network and one of the most successful cable entertainment outlets, 42-year-old Elisabeth Murdoch—whose company Shine was acquired last week by order of the colossus’ chairman, her father—has set a place for herself at the table with the likes of über-producers Mark Burnett and Thom Beers. Indeed, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, who grew up in New York but has lived in London most of her adult life, is now poised to be one of the most powerful people in the U.S.

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