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Rupert Murdoch’s in town — so senior News Limited staffers need to watch out. It’s been a grim week for newspapers, with three News editors shown the door, and two editorial heavyweights gone from Fairfax.

Seven of Metro Media Publishing’s eight eastern titles will close. Only the 148-year-old Dandenong Journal will remain open for business.

The V8 Supercar racing series flew journalists to America to cover an event. It’s not the first time they’ve done it, and other sports like the AFL are also putting journalists on planes to maximise coverage.

News Limited boss Kim Williams today unveiled a new paywall strategy for the company. All the details and other media news.

News Limited, Fairfax and other big media companies say the government’s proposed whistleblower laws need major changes. It’s brought them together to fight for whistleblower protection.

The line from News Limited on recognising local government in the constitution doesn’t make much sense given the value of councils to the company’s vast community newspaper network.

The One Big Switch campaign claims to offer discounts of hundreds of dollars on private health insurance in a win for “people power” and consumers. But does it deliver? Crikey intern Ben Westcott investigates.

Why is The Australian Financial Review spruiking a book by one of its writers on the death of Fairfax? There’s a slew of such books coming out — it may test Fairfax’s tradition of openness.

All the latest tips and rumours from the Crikey grapevine.

News Ltd jitters over new subediting system … wrong hire for Vic building group? … join us inside Malcolm Turnbull’s head …

From what has appeared in print and from talk among brokers, there’s a fear in the Murdoch camp that many investors, especially his big US supporters, don’t want to be found owning a print-skewing company.

Rupert Murdoch has attacked Labor for being racist and portrayed himself as an immigration advocate. Does that ring true, given the stories his newspapers run? Crikey intern Ben Westcott trawls through the archives.

The Ten Network is in deep despair with an enormous job for new CEO Hamish McLennan ahead. So why is the company firing off legal letters around commentary of its woes?

The latest newspaper circulation figures show plummeting sales, but the industry is talking up the growth of digital. How seriously should we take their claims?

Memo to someone, anyone at the Herald Sun (and its sister daily The Daily Telegraph): before you report someone’s resignation, check that they’ve actually quit. Plus other media news of the day.

Staffers at Brisbane’s Courier-Mail have been told an online paywall is on the way this year. But it might be a different model to the Herald Sun’s struggling “freemium” paywall.