Specifically, he resigned from the board of the newspaper publisher News Corp, severing his last corporate tie to the companies founded by his father Rupert Murdoch.

The resignation leaves 89-year-old  Rupert and Janes's older brother, Lachlan (48), in charge.

It is somewhat of a victory against leftism and political correctness. James was the lefty amongst them.

His resignation letter stated:

My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company's news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.

James with his wife recently contributed more than $1 million to a fund-raising committee for  Joe Biden.