Murdoch splits with third wife

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch filed papers to divorce his third wife Wendi Deng on Thursday, citing an "irretrievably" broken marriage to a woman 38 years his junior.
The 82-year-old media tycoon's Chinese-born partner is perhaps best known for a 2011 incident when she leapt to defend her husband by striking a pie-wielding protester, prompting headlines calling her a "tiger wife."
"I can confirm for the record that Rupert filed in New York State Supreme Court this morning for divorce," his spokesman Steven Rubenstein told AFP.
The divorce will not affect the way in which the media empire is run as Deng does not have stock or voting rights in News Corp, the source said on condition of anonymity.
Deng, 44, married Murdoch in 1999 aboard a private yacht that he had reportedly bought for his retirement. They have two daughters, Grace and Chloe.