Sept 10 (Reuters) - Fox Corp ( FOXA ) CEO Lachlan

Murdoch said on Wednesday the settlement over the Murdoch Family

Trust is "great news for investors" and will provide clarity and

continuity to the company's strategy, in his first public

remarks since the agreement.

The deal, announced on Monday, cemented the control of

Rupert Murdoch's politically conservative son over the media

empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal,

ending a protracted succession battle.

"It gives us a clarity about our strategy going forward. It

shows that our strategy will be consistent. It's clear and it's

very sustainable," Murdoch told investors at the Goldman Sachs

Communacopia + Technology Conference.

The deal, reached after a Nevada court last year rejected an

attempt to amend the family trust, provides clarity on

leadership and preserves the group's conservative tilt.

Rupert's children James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and

Prudence MacLeod have agreed to sell their holdings in both Fox

and News Corp ( NWSA ) over six months. They will receive $1.1

billion each under the deal, a source told Reuters earlier this

week.

Some of that will come from a sale of News Corp ( NWSA ) and Fox

shares at a roughly 4.5% discount that raised $1.37 billion.

A new trust benefiting Lachlan and his younger siblings

Grace and Chloe Murdoch will hold 36% of Fox's Class B shares

and 33% of News Corp's ( NWSA ) Class B shares.

Lachlan added that Fox's strategy was set in 2019, when the

company sold the majority of its entertainment assets to Disney ( DIS )

, and that the strategy has proven successful.