Michael Wolff has written a supercilious yet star-struck portrait of Rupert Murdoch, the planet’s most notorious press baron.

Sean Hannity would be the sole anchor of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity & Colmes” upon the departure of Alan Colmes, people close to the network said.

The News Corporation announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company.

The News Corporation announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company.

Rupert Murdoch has raised objections with Michael Wolff and his publisher about portions of a forthcoming biography, “The Man Who Owns the News.”

The Fox News has sewn up a full lineup of politically outspoken heavy hitters, and the salaries have been eye-popping.

The Fox News Channel announced that it had signed Glenn Beck, the host of a widely viewed talk show on Headline News, a sister network of CNN.

Sean Hannity, a cornerstone of Fox News Channel’s prime-time schedule, has agreed to appear on the network through the next presidential election in 2012.

Sean Hannity was the host of “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism,” which attacked the senator’s personal associations.

An opinion column by Heather Mallick commenting on Gov. Sarah Palin was removed from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Web site.