August 12, 2016 - Names Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy as co-presidents of Fox News to replace Roger Ailes. The two will report to Murdoch. December 9, 2016 - Murdoch's 21st Century Fox strikes a deal to take full control of Sky, one of the world's leading pay TV providers, in an offer that values Sky at $23.3 billion. March 2017 - Forbes names Murdoch, with a net worth of $13.1 billion, No. 90 on its annual World's Billionaires list. He is tied with Heinz Hermann Thiele. June 29, 2017 - The British government rules that Murdoch's 21st Century Fox should not be allowed to purchase Sky without a further investigation. Fox says it will "continue to work constructively with the U.K. authorities." August 29, 2017 - 21st Century Fox says it's pulling Fox off the air in Britain after failing to attract an audience.