'I'm Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant, and this is my skybox'. The business and media magnate turns 83 today.

Geoff Blackwell is chief executive of Auckland publishers PQ Blackwell and MILK Books, which have a total of 16 staff.

Television New Zealand is unlikely to prod staff about their political affiliations despite controversial proposals put to politicians by TVNZ chief executive and Kevin Kenrick.

At a time when the print media in Australia is under intense economic pressure, last weekend proved to be a super Saturday of change.

I just sort of hitched my thoughts to her death; ill-advisedly, as it turned out, writes Deborah Hill Cone. I asked if it was presumptuous of me to do this. Now I know the answer. It was.

Now that Bauer owns 120 per cent of the nation's newsstand magazines, do we have any independent periodicals left?

Publisher Morry Schwartz knows more than most how the digital revolution has left print media barons haemorrhaging red ink.

Telecom's ShowMeTV should cut another chink in Sky Television's armour built up over 25 years of being a pay television monopoly, writes John Drinnan.

Tens of thousands of people have signed up to "Charlotte's Law", a petition calling on the Australian Government to introduce tougher cyber-bullying laws.

New Zealand's dominant pay-TV company, posted a 22pc gain in profit of $82.1m as subscribers switched to its My Sky service.

The Commerce Commission has announced it will investigate claims that Countdown and its parent company, Woolworths, are engaging in extortionate behaviour.

Shares in APN News & Media surged to an 18-month high when they resumed trading after institutions put up A$112 million in a planned capital raising.

Twelve Questions talks to Hauraki Breakfast Show host Jeremy Wells who has been on New Zealand TV screens since 1997.

A lot is resting on the success of TV3's cooking show The Great Food Race, so channel bosses are remaining optimistic, writes John Drinnan.

The prosecution in the phone-hacking trial has entered the final stages of its case against Rebekah Brooks and six co-defendants, who deny all the charges against them.

On trial are seven people associated with the now defunct News of the World newspaper. Here is a summary of the defendants, the charges they face and the main evidence so far.

Internal company emails reveal how MediaWorks tried to shut down media coverage of controversy over a Roast Busters interview by hosts John Tamihere and Willy Jackson.

The value of "celebrity" stories looks set to fall even further, now that Bauer Media owns the three women's magazine titles which actively bid for exclusives, writes John Drinnan.

The reporter who admitted hacking phones for his UK newspaper employers said he was told to 'jump off a cliff' if he didn't come up with a front-page story, a court heard.

"Disgraceful comments" by right-wing blogger Cameron Slater, which have led to death threats, meant he was asking for trouble, according to the Grey District Mayor.

Right-wing blog site Whaleoil has crashed after a sustained denial-of-service attack.

If ... parents had introduced children to newspapers ... rather than addiction to idiotic texting, they would be addicted to the world, writes Bob Jones.

MediaWorks TV has confirmed the return of shows including New Girl, The Simpsons and Glee - though it made no mention of Modern Family.