Giant media company News Corporation has been forced to pay the Australian Capital Territory 77 million Australian dollars in taxes and penalties after an alleged tax avoidance scheme connected to a Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed company unravelled.The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Rupert Murdoch media empire paid the money late last year in a secret settlement, two years after being taken to court by ACT tax authorities who demanded $84 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.The dispute dates back to 2004 when when the territory claimed it was owed duty on the transfer of nearly $9 billion worth of shares in a former territory-registered Murdoch company, Karlholt, as part of the restructure of the media mogul's empire.Karlholt Pty Ltd is listed on the BSX.See tomorrow's Royal Gazette for the full story