Are you more likely to be ignored on social networking site Twitter if you're not considered powerful or influential? Social media expert Julie Posetti certainly thinks so.

Journalism experts fear the Gillard government's media inquiry, which is expected not to examine bias or media ownership, is shaping up to be a missed opportunity and waste of time.

Phillip Adams has used one of his megaphones to beg for embattled prime minister Julia Gillard to resign and hand over power to his old mate Kevin Rudd.

This fortnight The Power Index has been looking at the country's most powerful media megaphones. And if you take a look at Melbourne Talk Radio's roll call of shock jocks, you would think it to be a hub of outrage and influence.

Glenn Milne is no longer an Insiders panellist, that much is clear. But as to his future at News Limited, well let's just say we're waiting to see what happens when the columnist returns from the naughty corner.

The 2UE afternoon host Michael Smith just missed out on The Power Index's top 10, but he's our No. 1 megaphone to watch.

iiNet managing director Michael Malone has labelled a Wikileaks cable, that reveals why a group of Hollywood studios targeted iiNet in a copyright battle over Telstra, as embarrassing” for the studios involved.

Australia's best-read political blogger, conservative columnist Andrew Bolt, has mysteriously decided to stop commenting on politics until further notice.

The Australian newspaper has been forced to apologise to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and retract a piece by one of its best-known columnists only hours after it was published.

Publisher and developer Morry Schwartz may have to cross Falls Creek off as a holiday destination after flooding the local property market there with 74 cheap apartments and three retail spaces over the weekend, and pocketing just $12.5 million for his efforts.