A 72-Year-Old Man, an 18-Year-Old Model and the Battle of the Media Titans NY Times

A potentially major conflict between two of the world’s most powerful media giants, Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlisconi, over the future of pay-TV in Italy is getting personal between the two men, the New York Times reports.

In the latest salvo, Berlisconi, who is also the prime minister of Italy, cried foul over the coverage in a Murdoch paper about  the relationship between Berlisconi, 72, and an 18-year-old model.

—Chuck Ross