Tag: News Limited

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has said there is a lack of appreciation in public debate for Australia’s Western heritage and Christian principles in an address on Thursday night to the 70th anniversary of the libertarian Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) in Melbourne, at which Rupert Murdoch was a guest of ...

Julia Gillard has contrasted proposed media law changes by the conservative government in Britain with Tony Abbott’s opposition to reforms in Australia.

The federal opposition has attempted to censure the government for the first time since November, as debate heats up over media law changes.

News Limited chief Kim Williams has condemned Federal Government's proposed changes to media laws which proposes stronger self-regulation in the industry and a new public interest test for significant media company takeovers and mergers.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd will consider a legal challenge to the government’s media reforms once legislation outlining the changes is released.

Fairfax Media have revealed plans to introduce paywalls for online access to its flagship papers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Overseas readers will be required to pay from March, with domestic paywalls set to come in in the middle of the year.

Former media magnate Conrad Black has labelled Rupert Murdoch a "psychopath" and compared the News Corp boss to Joseph Stalin.

News Corp has confirmed it will most likely split off its publishing assets from its more profitable entertainment business but that would not mean chairman Rupert Murdoch is stepping away from his much-loved newspaper business.

Former British tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks has expressed her bewilderment and launched a defiant attack against police and prosecutors after it was announced that she is to face criminal charges over the phone-hacking scandal.

Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

Allegations that News Ltd pursues an anti-Labor agenda are absolutely right and its domination of the Australian media is not democratically viable, an inquiry into the media has been told.