Murdoch’s empire, but it could reverberate through companies such as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.

Rupert Murdoch, the media titan, and Jerry Hall, the model and actress, are getting divorced, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.

Murdoch’s divorce, his fourth, is unlikely to alter the ownership structure of businesses he holds stakes in, which include parent companies of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.

During the early days of the marriage, aides and people close to the family said he was happily devoting more time to his new wife, leaving room for his children — most important, his eventual chosen successor, Lachlan — to assert themselves at the top of the corporate hierarchy.

Some people close to Mr.

Murdoch was married to Wendi Deng, an entrepreneur and investor, from 1999 to 2014.

Murdoch’s first wife was Patricia Booker, an Australian model, whom he divorced in 1965

Hall was previously married to the singer Mick Jagger, but their marriage was annulled in 1999