Michael Wolff, founder of Newser, a columnist for Vanity Fair and author of an upcoming book about News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, took a couple of shots today at the media mogul and his due diligence in paying $5.6 billion for Dow Jones .

NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc. shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft Corp. has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.

DUBLIN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Telecoms entrepreneur Denis O'Brien, a 26 percent shareholder in Independent News & Media , has held a face-to-face meeting with the group's chief operating officer, Ireland's Sunday Business Post reported.

Jakrapob Penkair's resignation as the Prime Minister's Office Minister should not have much of an impact on the state-owned TV Channel 11, which has been renamed the National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT), said media industry observers.

The day after US News & World Report announced its shift comes word that another magazine is slashing its publication schedule and increasing online reliance ... Stretching back to 1886, The Sporting News has one of the longest track records when it c