Paddy Manning is a freelance investigative journalist who has worked for Schwartz Media, ABC RN, Crikey, the SMH/Age, the AFR and The Australian. He is author of six books, including The Successor: The High Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch (Black Inc, 2022). He is an associate member of the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University, where he is completing a PhD on "A Century of News Corp in Australia".