The Wall Street Journal’s Julia Angwin and Joe Flint frame the Lachlan Murdoch resignation from News Corp. story in terms of how it will impact the TV divisions. Lots of interesting stuff here…(via Romenesko)

Mr. Murdoch, the 33-year-old son of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, was deputy chief operating officer in charge of overseeing the company’s 35 television stations. But issues over the station group’s day-to-day management were a big source of conflict between Lachlan and his father, triggering the younger Murdoch’s departure, say people familiar with the situation. Specifically, Lachlan often found himself out of the loop, in part because of the close relationship between the station group’s CEO, Jack Abernethy, and Fox News chief, Roger Ailes, a close confidant of the elder Mr. Murdoch.

The vacancy created by Lachlan Murdoch’s departure could set the stage for a power struggle between Mr. Ailes and another high-profile News Corp. executive, Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin. As chief operating officer, overseeing the TV and film operations, Mr. Chernin would seem to be the natural candidate to take control of the station group. But Mr. Ailes’ success at building the Fox News Channel into the leading 24-hour news channel has made him a favorite with Rupert Murdoch. A spokesman for News Corp. declined to comment.