Media

Apple tapped the chief of one of Europe's largest electronics retailers as its new head of retail, filling its most high-profile vacancy with a company outsider.

Walt Disney agreed to take a controlling interest in one of India's largest media and entertainment providers, UTV Software Communications.

Wikipedia and other popular websites converted their homepages into virtual protest banners early Wednesday as part of an effort to stop Internet piracy legislation that is being considered by the U.S. Congress.

Wikipedia and other popular websites converted their homepages into virtual protest banners early Wednesday as part of an effort to stop Internet piracy legislation that is being considered by the U.S. Congress.

TV watching is more complex these days as a flood of new Internet content and mobile devices reaches the living room. One of the hottest topics at this week's Consumer Electronics Show is how to make sense of the entertainment chaos.

Oprah Winfrey's return to a talk-show format Sunday night drew 1.1 million viewers to her year-old cable network, but that was a fraction of the audience for her former broadcast TV show.

New York Times Co. said Chief Executive Janet L. Robinson would retire at the end of the year, and Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. would serve as interim CEO while the company searches for a successor.

Wal-Mart has begun an internal investigation into whether some of its workers violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. law that prohibits bribery overseas.

After more than a year of missteps by Apple's tablet rivals, at least one viable competitor, Amazon's Kindle Fire, appears to have surfaced for the popular iPad.