In the last weeks of 2016, News Corporation got a nod of approval from the competition regulator to purchase a company that publishes 72 newspapers around Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Industry group has dropped all references to Australia Day amid growing calls to change its date.

Industry group has dropped all references to Australia Day amid growing calls to change its date.

On Wednesday Ms Harrison defended the size of her spending, saying her company credit cards were often used for expenses like redecorating rooms and hosting staff parties.

In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime on-air personality who had come forward with similar accusations about the network's top host, Bill O'Reilly.

REA Group has bought a 14.9 per cent stake in Indian real estate listings site PropTiger for nearly $70 million. 

Yahoo was already a shell of its former self. Now part of the company is getting an obscure new name: Altaba.

There's an unexpected obstacle worrying Telstra as it prepares for the next generation of ultra-fast mobile technology: gumtrees.

How many Australians realise that using radio smartphone apps or streaming online suddenly puts them in a world where no one will investigate complaints about fake news, cash for comment or low standards?

A woman who headed a one-time tech darling that specialised in software for one-page resumes is insisting she will not have to draft up her own CV.

When it comes to the most-read Sydney Morning Herald stories of 2016, nothing could trump Donald Trump

Sometimes, as can be the case with online daters themselves, online sites are not all they make out to be.

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There will be no relaxed Christmas break for Kerry Stokes and the directors of his Seven West Media.

A rogue blogger who claims to have revealed the identities of other lovers of Seven boss Tim Worner could face criminal contempt charges. 

"The only reason we are racing this horse is for the sheilas," quipped the knockabout 30-year-old owner of racehorse Chicks Dig Me.

Gaming company Valve Corporation has been hit with a $3 million fine after online games site Steam breached Australian Consumer Laws.

The saga embroiling embattled Seven West boss Tim Worner continues to spiral out of control with the company's lawyers launching legal action to prevent the names of two prominent employees being linked with the scandal.

Channel Seven's chief executive Tim Worner has apologised to staff at the network for the "unwelcome attention" his affair with Amber Harrison has brought to the network and his family.

Shares in magazine and catalogue printing service PMP are down 20 per cent after the ACCC released concerns about its proposed $120 million purchase of the Hannan-family owned IPMG.

The board of Seven West Media will commission a second independent investigation into former employee Amber Harrison, who alleges she was mistreated by the company in the wake of a sexual relationship with its chief executive Tim Worner.

Festive season travellers were greeted with what appeared to be an extravagant gift at Brisbane Airport on Wednesday morning – a gift wrapped airliner.

Fairfax Media's online store is now on track to sell $1 million worth of goods within its first quarter, with $130 infinity cat scratchers among the most popular items consumers are buying up.

Seven West Media boss Tim Worner has denied any suggestions he had multiple affairs within the organisation.

Seven West Media is standing by its embattled chief executive Tim Worner despite condemning his inappropriate sexual relationship with an employee as "completely unacceptable" and "deeply regrettable."

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Billionaire media mogul Kerry Stokes has a very important decision to make.

Katie Benner reported from San Francisco and Sapna Maheshwari from New York.

REA Group's website will start offering its own home loans - and taking commissions - thanks to a deal with National Australia Bank.

A messy affair between a high profile media boss and a 35-year-old personal assistant has become public after the breakdown of legal negotiations.

Despite a Federal Court decision this week obliging internet service providers to block certain piracy-enabling websites, Australians will continue to easily access such sites via VPNs and other technologies they already use.