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On HBO’s Succession, what is Pierce Global Media?

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On HBO’s Succession, what is Pierce Global Media?

Pierce Global Media (PGM) is a fictional media conglomerate with news outlets and television networks featured on HBO’s Succession. The company is a major plot point in the show’s final season, inspired by Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of the Wall Street Journal in 2007. Logan Roy’s company in the series Waystar Royco is loosely based on Murdoch’s News Corp. In the fourth season’s first episode, which premiered on March 26, 2023, the Roy siblings fight their father over PGM.

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