Dec 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- The Walt Disney Co DIS.N is in advanced discussions to buy significant parts of Twenty-first Century Fox Inc FOXA.O , the media company run by the Murdoch family, people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. Britain's Cineworld Group Plc CINE.L said on Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire Regal Entertainment Group RGC.N , one of the biggest cinema operators in the United States, for $3.6 billion. The Russian government declared the broadcasters Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty "foreign agents" on Tuesday, in retaliation for a similar action against Russian state-run news outlets in the United States. Netflix Inc NFLX.O has fired actor Danny Masterson from the show "The Ranch", amid investigations of alleged sexual assault of three women in the early 2000s. Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O quietly began operations in Australia on Tuesday, the start of what could be a shake-up of the country's retail market, which is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.