Having taken on pretty much everyone in the Australian media and lost, it's no surprise that Kerry Stokes is getting some bad press today, writes Jock Given for ABC News.

Media owners appear to be scrambling to take advantage of new legislative changes. And amid the flurry, a deal confirmed yesterday between James Packer's PBL company and a group called CVC Asia Pacific has suddenly given Mr Packer an awful lot of ready money for investment, billions of dollars of it.

The government is likely to introduce its media reform legislation into parliament this week, but what's not in the Bills might be as important as what is, writes Jock Given.

The federal government’s media policy fails to unlock TV’s full potential, writes Jock Given.

The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement is an opportunity and a risk, according to Jock Given.