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NEWS Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch is urging Australians to move out of their comfort zones and embrace new technology.

THE word technology has a coldness and a distance that seems removed from human experience. There is high technology, which sounds almost religious. And there are techies, who are sometimes a little too expert in the art of technology.

TONY O'Reilly's Independent News & Media has stepped up its rhetoric about the sale process for its 39pc holding in APN News & Media.

PRINTING and media services company PMP says its earnings in fiscal 2009 will be lower than the previous year but it insists that the business is strong and resilient.

THE departing chairman of the pay-TV industry association, Nick Greiner, has lashed out at the rivalry between his and the free-to-air sectors, saying it is juvenile and demeans the professionalism of all.

PRINTER PMP warned today its fiscal 2009 earnings would fall and the New Zealand market would remain tough.