Delays for millions of future NBN customers expecting to connect through their existing pay tv or internet cables could cost taxpayers up to $790 million, Labor claims.

Telstra chief executive Andrew Penn "applauded" the NBN's decision to delay its roll out of broadband for millions of households intending to connect through Pay TV cables.

The days of the old-school telephone booth are numbered, with the next generation of Telstra's payphones unveiled this week.

Advertisers ramped up their spend on audience data in 2017.

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Companies have distanced themselves from Don Burke, with Nine saying there are no plans to bring him back in 2018.

Customers waiting to connect to the NBN Co's hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network face delays of six to nine months after the company stopped the rollout to fix performance issues.

Time Inc says it had sold itself to Meredith Corp, in a deal backed by Charles G. and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers known for using their wealth and political connections to advance conservative causes.

Marketing companies are moving away from technological work-arounds to adblockers.

Pain for businesses moving onto the NBN has continued, with some left without answers from their providers.

Shares in Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, lost a fifth of its market value on its first earnings report after its September IPO.

The debate about who should provide consumers with accurate speed information heated up on Thursday, with NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow saying his company was "not the police".

The US media industry is in a state of upheaval, and that extends to its most popular TV sport - and Australia's big codes should take note.

Real estate listings company REA Group has played up its attempts to diversify in the face of cooling property markets.

Suncorp Group's AAMI has paid $43,200 to the corporate watchdog.

There are still service providers who have yet to improve the way they advertise their NBN speeds, says consumer group.

Tencent Holdings has racked up some impressive gains this week - becoming the first Chinese firm to be worth more than $US500 billion ($628 billion) and surpassing Facebook to be the world's fifth-most valuable company.

Australians are regularly exceeding their data limits on their phone plans as video streaming and live TV usage skyrockets.

Carsales is banking on continued strength in the South Korean economy after spending $244 million on SKEncar.com

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The NSW government allegedly owes Australian writers, photographers and illustrators millions for the hundreds of millions of copies of their work public servants have made without paying fair compensation, a lawsuit against the state government alleges.

In an ideal world, Google's search algorithm should force these fake, pernicious creatures so low in search results that they are buried deep in the web where few can find them. But there's a problem.

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With Rupert Murdoch looking like a willing seller of Fox assets, it's difficult to believe a deal won't be done.

Comcast has expressed interest in acquiring a big portion of 21st Century Fox's film and television assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The spin-out of digital real estate company Domain from parent Fairfax Media has come in ahead of expectations, adding a combined 9 per cent in value to Fairfax/Domain shareholders..

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Rupert Murdoch has survived the latest battle to end his control of 21st Century Fox despite a massive revolt by investors at the media group's annual meeting.

Rupert Murdoch's Fox Sports paid bribes to win the rights to broadcast international soccer matches as the US network sought to expand its audience throughout North and South America, a jury was told.

Nine Entertainment has flagged a better-than-expected start to the year,

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It seems many of old media's most famous empires won't survive, at least in their current form.

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It is now hard to imagine that the Murdoch empire won't look radically different in a year.

US media giant CBS's $41 million takeover of the Ten Network will proceed, with a court approving the transfer of all shares in the embattled free-to-air network to the American company.