Rupert Murdoch
Business: Murdoch vs Dominion Systems, new teeth for
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson joins Kathryn to talk about a scheduled US court appearance this week for Rupert Murdoch over claims his right-wing news channel Fox attempted to ruin the… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Stuff's new stance on 'the C word'
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Anna Thomas about some kooky Australian election coverage, a bold new stance on car reviewing from BusinessDesk, a memo from Stuff… Audio
The story behind the biggest TV game show scandal of all time
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? fans will remember the case of 'coughing Major' Charles Ingram in 2001. James Graham is the writer of a new miniseries about the saga, Quiz, which is about to premiere… Video, Audio
Rupert Murdoch's right hand man reveals 'untidy life in news'
From the golden age of print, to Britain's phone hacking scandal Les Hinton has seen it all. His career as a hack began when he became a copy boy in a small Adelaide newspaper, with grand ambitions to… Audio
Media loss for Rupert Murdoch
The media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, has suffered a rare loss in the Australian media market. Audio
Media merger will change the news
If New Zealand's two big news publishers become one, it will inevitably have an impact on the news, and how it's delivered. Audio
Resisting the rising tide of clickbait
Websites offering popular news for free are pulling in more and more people, and attracting advertising income which once covered the costs of quality journalism. Mediawatch asks a former boss of… Audio
Fronting the phone-hacking fallout
When the phone-hacking scandal in the UK was at its height three years ago, media mogul Rupert Murdoch put a New Zealander in charge of his newspapers there. Mediawatch asks Mike Darcey how he dealt… Video, Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 26 June 2015
In this week's episode: Eva speaks to actor Stuart Devenie about portraying Rupert Murdoch in the Auckland Theatre Company's production of 'Rupert: The Musical', before catching up with piano… Audio
Stuart Devenie: Rupert The Musical
Star of Auckland Theatre Company's Rupert: The Musical. Audio
Media with Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses the fallout across the Tasman after a university lecturer criticised Rupert Murdoch in a lecture - and an essay in Economist looking at the future of books. Audio