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The article addresses the issue of Australian companies' alleged conflict with the press. According to the author, businesses sometimes act like politicians when it comes to dealing with the mass media. The author states that most companies try to bury the truth about their businesses by hiring spin doctors or parrying questions issued by the press.

The article highlights the top media stories related to business and finance in Australia for the week ending November 16, 2006. Based on media coverage, the interest rate rise was the biggest news of the week. The interest rate issue was followed by the Telstra sale and Westpac chief executive officer David Morgan's call for an end to the government's policy banning mergers among the big four banks.

The article reports on the efforts of regional newspapers to perform better than their metropolitan counterparts as the Internet fails to lure rural readers in Australia. According to the survey, against 30 percent household penetration for city newspapers, a regional newspapers will typically have up to 80 percent penetration.

Reports on a surge in the shares of most of Australia's listed media companies arising from market speculation that mergers and acquisitions could follow the anticipated loosening of cross-media ownership restrictions.

Discusses the disrespect for young people in Australia's media. How the author and his fellow creators of the program `The Panel,' were described as kids when in fact they were all over 30; How the media is becoming irrelevant; Young people in Australia rejecting traditional media; The age of those considered influential in Australia.