Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will begin treatment in the next month.
The 69-year-old Australian-born businessman, whose media interests include Hong Kong-based Star TV, was diagnosed with a low-grade form of the disease during a routine medical check.
Prostate cancer, which affects a small gland near the bladder, is increasingly common and is regarded as relatively simple to treat if found early enough.
Mr Murdoch - who last year married Wendy Deng, a former Star TV executive - was told of his condition two weeks ago.
He intends to continue running his businesses as normal.
'His doctors have told Mr Murdoch the prognosis is very good and that it is an extremely low-grade form of cancer,' a spokesman for Mr Murdoch's News Corp said yesterday.
'He has no intention of changing his work schedule.' Mr Murdoch will start receiving radiotherapy in about a month.