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Gina Rinehart has thrown down the gauntlet to Fairfax Media in her push for board representation, challenging chairman Roger Corbett to set and meet a share price target of 87 cents by the company'

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is likely to succeed in wresting control of Fairfax Media, but it could take at least six months of manoeuvring, an academic says.

News Corp's Australian newspapers and pay TV companies will stay together while worldwide the media group's publishing assets are split off from TV and film under a restructure announced by the com

Fairfax Media shares have posted fresh lows as market players mulled over Gina Rinehart's next move after her request for a board seat was denied.

News Corp is considering splitting 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 new

Fairfax Media says it is unable to offer Gina Rinehart, the company's largest shareholder, a seat on its board.

Fairfax has unveiled a national "digital-first" editorial restructure that will transform the company into one newsroom with its own internal newswire.

Gina Rinehart, Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer have increased their number of Ten Network shares by investing millions of dollars in the media company's recent fund raising venture.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says her company Hancock Prospecting may sell its interest in Fairfax Media if "suitable conditions" aren't offered to it.

Billionaire Kerry Stokes' positioning for a possible bid for Consolidated Media Holdings was most likely serious but unlikely to succeed, analysts say.

Three of the nation's leading editors have quit as Fairfax Media continues the radical overhaul of its news business.

Fairfax management has agreed to halt their restructure plans and proposed job cuts while a consultation process with unions is under way, unions say.

Rupert Murdoch has made a $1.97 billion bid to take a dominant slice of Australia's pay television industry.

Australia's biggest newspaper publisher News Ltd will cut staff in a major restructure that expands its online and pay TV presence and integrates traditional print with its growing digital business

Champagne corks are popping at 96FM, with the station managing to beat long-term market leader Mix 94.5 in the ratings, but only just.

Fairfax journalists have appealed to mining magnate and major shareholder Gina Rinehart to respect their editorial independence if she succeeds in her push to join the company's board. 

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has warned mining magnate Gina Rinehart not to trash the Fairfax Media brand for other shareholders.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has increased her stake in Fairfax Media to 18.67 per cent with a recent purchase of more than 143 million shares.

More than $25 million in Fairfax shares have been bought in one transaction, fuelling speculation mining magnate Gina Rinehart is increasing her stake in the media company.

Ten Network is raising $200 million to strengthen its balance sheet through the offer of new shares to existing shareholders.

More editorial job losses at Fairfax are feared after the troubled media company announced 66 local jobs will be outsourced to New Zealand.

FORTESCUE Metals Group has stepped up its backing of the Kookaburras Australian men’s hockey team with a two-year deal to become its major sponsor, signing up just weeks before the gold medal favou

Foxtel has completed its $2 billion takeover of regional counterpart Austar, and says pricing and billing procedures will not change for customers of either service.

Optus has managed to lift its annual net profit by 1.5 per cent to $787 million despite intense competition from its telco rivals.

Optus added 80,000 customers in the three months to the end of March, taking its total to nearly 9.5 million.

James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings says it one-quarter stake of pay tv provider Foxtel is not for sale.

Optus and Vodafone say they plan to beef up their mobile coverage through sharing more of each other's network mobile sites.

British pop star George Michael will be the first headline act at the controversial new Perth Arena when it officially opens in November.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has welcomed a Federal Court decision to prevent Optus customers from recording and watching football matches on delay.

Millions of dollars in sports broadcast rights will be at stake when a judgment is made in a legal battle between Optus and the nation's two biggest football codes tomorrow.

Television stocks have been punished as ongoing weakness in advertising markets frightens investors after Seven West Media cut its earnings forecasts.

Telstra Corporation chief executive David Thodey says the telco would look at increasing its stake in Foxtel should James Packer decide to sell out of the pay TV company.