UNSTOPPABLE GROWTH: The world's most powerful media mogul would like to add Dow Jones and the 'Wall Street Journal' to his empire, but powerful forces oppose him
Rupert Murdoch hasn't shrunk away from fights as he built News Corp into a global media empire. But his surprise US$5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, faces tough sledding after the company's controlling shareholders said they would block it.

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'VOLUNTARY': Embattled chief John Browne elected to step down, a decision that entails the loss of a substantial bonus as well as a lucrative share plan
BP CEO John Browne resigned hours after a judge allowed a newspaper to publish allegations made by a man with whom the executive had a four-year relationship that he misused company resources.

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Google Inc has asked a US judge to throw out a billion-dollar copyright lawsuit by US entertainment giant Viacom Inc, claiming that the suit threatens today's Internet lifestyle.

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Joost, a company attempting to broadcast TV via the Internet, said on Tuesday it had signed several new content distribution agreements, including one with Turner Broadcasting System Inc to show CNN news and interview programs.

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Fishing subsidies should be banned to make global trade more equitable and prevent overfishing of already depleted high-sea stocks, the US told WTO members on Tuesday.

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