News Corp has posted global losses of 28%.

Colin Murray is to quit radio station talkSPORT.

US billionaire John Malone’s Virgin Media — which owns TV3 and the cable operator — has confirmed plans to acquire UTV Ireland from ITV, in a €10m deal which will raise fears for jobs at both broadcasters.

US billionaire John Malone’s Virgin Media — which owns TV3 and the UPC cable operator — is reportedly poised to buy out rival broadcaster UTV Ireland, sparking fears for jobs at the fledgeling broadcaster.

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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is set to take control of a significant slice of Ireland’s commercial radio market after agreeing a £220.3m (€266m) takeover of Belfast-based Wireless Group.

Anyone expecting a quick exit from the first global bear market in four years should take a look at all the money being lost in sectors dear to individual investors.

The founder of the global News Corp media empire, Rupert Murdoch, is suggesting that US president Barack Obama is not a “real black president.”

Expansion costs at the online news agency established by former RTÉ presenter Mark Little contributed to accumulated losses at the firm increasing by €2.2m to €5.8m, last year.

The media baron Rupert Murdoch is preparing to hand over the CEO job at Twenty-First Century Fox to his son, James, the firm’s channel Fox News reported.

Independent News & Media (INM) is hopeful of making more acquisitions — aimed at boosting its digital capacity —in the next six months.

When Rebekah Brooks resigned amid the greatest scandal in newspaper history, many thought that would be the end of her. They were wrong, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Independent News and Media (INM) has agreed to sell its stake in an Australian media company for more than €120m.

Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks is reportedly returning to the Rupert Murdoch empire as head of Irish-founded social media news agency Storyful.

The Sun appears to have stopped publishing topless pin-ups on page three after 44 years.

The outgoing head of UK regulator Ofcom has accused government representatives of showing favouritism to Rupert Murdoch’s companies.

Britain’s Stephen Dillane and the Netherlands’ Bianca Krijgsman received the top acting prizes at the 42nd International Emmy Awards.

The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has welcomed the announcement of 30 new jobs at online news agency Storyful.

A 30-year-old woman missing for more than two weeks in an Australian rainforest has stumbled out alive after surviving on creek water and small fish.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has joined the fray in Google’s protracted European antitrust case, saying the technology company unfairly distorts competition.

The Sun newspaper’s Page Three topless pin-ups are “old fashioned” according to News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch.

BSkyB bolstered its pay-TV empire today with the €6.7bn takeover of sister companies in Italy and Germany.

British prime minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy Coulson — found guilty over phone hacking while editing a Rupert Murdoch tabloid — will stand trial for a second time over alleged illegal payments.

Police have fined one of Australia’s richest businessmen and a top television executive AUS$500 each for a high-profile street fight in an exclusive Sydney beachside suburb.

Police in Australia are investigating a very public fight between one of the country’s richest businessmen and a top television executive in an exclusive Sydney beachside suburb.

Rupert Murdoch has brought his son Lachlan back into the fold at his global media empire by appointing him co-chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox after seven years away.

The trial of Rebekah Brooks, who ran Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, was shown film footage of her husband involved in what prosecutors say was a botched plan to hide evidence from police investigating allegations of phone-hacking.

Former RTÉ journalist Mark Little has sold Storyful, the social media news agency he founded, to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for €18m.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s divorce from his wife of 14 years is nearly final and the sides are close to amicably resolving the matter, a source said, as the couple prepare to go to court today.

In the midst of his company’s hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch headed to his London apartment and emerged with the News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks on his arm. Asked by a reporter about his priorities, Murdoch answered: “This one,” gesturing with his thumb to Brooks.

Australia’s incoming conservative government promised to reboot a stalled mining boom and revive an appetite for investment yesterday after leader Tony Abbott swept into office on a platform to scrap a mining tax and run a stable administration.

Media company News International, which owns newspapers including The Sun and The Sunday Times, today changed its name to News UK.

A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the US against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago.

Rupert Murdoch’s third divorce could become the most expensive in history.

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sued Forbes magazine for libel in a British court, alleging its valuation of his wealth at $20bn (€15.2bn) was short of the mark by $9.6bn.

A Saudi Prince is suing Forbes magazine for libel, alleging is undervaluing his wealth.

A Labour MP has accepted “very substantial” damages from The Sun after the tabloid admitted its staff accessed private information from her stolen mobile phone three years ago, London’s High Court heard yesterday.

Stocks slumped on Wall Street, and the rally which has pushed indexes close to record levels stalled.

Liberty Global has confirmed that it will buy Virgin Media in a deal worth $16bn.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is in talks over a possible takeover by US cable giant Liberty Global.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died aged 103.