Time Inc. Is Preparing to Head Out on Its Own

Time Warner is joining other media conglomerates in pushing to compartmentalize their publishing units during a fragile time for the industry.

    



Plan for Tribune Spinoff Raises Concerns for Future of Newspaper Operations

The new company being created to publish The Chicago Tribune and other papers will have to pay rent and a dividend to its former parent.

    



News Corp. Buys a Media Start-Up for $25 Million

The deal is another example of how traditional news organizations are adapting to social media and adopting technologies like video.

    



F.C.C. Withdraws Plan to Relax Ownership Rule

The F.C.C. has tried to loosen the ownership rule at least three times in the last decade, an effort that has been strongly supported by large media companies.

    



A Settlement Between Fox News and a Former Top Executive? Perhaps

The network has been silent on whether it has reached a settlement with Brian Lewis, the former close adviser to the Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes.

    



Former Clinton Aide Joins News Corp. as Communications Chief

The aide, Jim Kennedy, worked for both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton and for their foundation.

    



James Murdoch Joins Board of Media Company Vice

The appointment was part of a deal by 21st Century Fox, where Mr. Murdoch is an executive, to buy a 5 percent stake in Vice.

    



Rupert and Wendi Murdoch Reach a Divorce Settlement

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation and 21st Century Fox, and Wendi Deng Murdoch agreed to end their 14-year marriage.

    



Murdoch Divorce Said to Be Almost Final

A hearing on the dissolution of Rupert and Wendi Deng Murdoch’s 14-year marriage is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Manhattan.

    



News Corp. Revenue Falls Well Short of Forecasts

A steep drop in Australian newspapers took a toll on the company, in its first quarter since it was split from the more prosperous side of Rupert Murdoch’s empire.

    



BSkyB’s Shares Fall After BT Takes Over Champions League

Investors were concerned that subscribers would flee British Sky Broadcasting, which has built its subscriber base with soccer programming.

    

Google Is Ordered to Block Images in Privacy Case

The Internet company said it would appeal a French court’s ruling that it strip from its search results nine images of the former European racing chief Max Mosley.

    



Profits at 21st Century Fox Hampered by TV Investments

The media company’s revenues surpassed Wall Street expectations, but profits were down in part because of the cost of starting two new channels.

    



British Tabloid Editors Charged in Hacking Scandal Had Affair, Prosecutors Say

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, former editors of The News of the World, now defunct, are charged with conspiracy in connection with phone hacking.

    



Bold Play by CBS Fortifies Broadcasters

CBS and its chief, Les Moonves, have given the broadcast world a shot in the arm by pushing distributors to pay broadcasters just as they do cable networks.

    



News Corp. Sells a Group of Small Local Publications

The deal sends 33 local newspapers and magazines to the Fortress Investment Group, a private equity firm.

    



News Corp.’s Tight Grip on Australia’s Papers Shapes Its Politics

The company owns roughly 60 percent of the newspaper market share and recent outlandish front pages depicting political leaders have some saying it holds too much political sway.

    



Fox News Confirms the Firing of a Top Executive Who Was Once Close to Ailes

The company initially declined to comment on reports that Roger Ailes, the chief executive, had fired Brian Lewis, one of his chief lieutenants.

    



Common Sense: After Post Sale, Spotlight Shines More Intensely on The Times

The New York Times, one of the last of the family-owned newspapers, is optimistic about staying competitive in an increasingly digital world. Should it be?

    

Murdoch Shakes Up News Corp.’s Australian Operation

Rupert Murdoch named a former newspaper executive to run News Corp. Australia in what Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said was part of a plan to attack him.