Ms Gillard attended a meeting with editors and executives at News Ltd offices at Alexandria on Tuesday evening on the invitation of the company's CEO, John Hartigan.
A spokesman for Ms Gillard said the prime minister would not be commenting to media after the meeting, which was described as private.
When asked about the meeting earlier on Tuesday, Ms Gillard said other prime ministers and opposition leaders had attended similar meetings in the past.
However, this meeting comes as the Australian arm of Mr Murdoch's News Corporation has come under recent scrutiny after the phone hacking scandal in Britain.
Last month, Ms Gillard said that Australians had been disturbed by the UK phone hacking scandal and that the public would have questions to ask of News Ltd.
The company had a responsibility to answer those questions, she added.
In response, Mr Hartigan said he would be happy to answer questions about News Ltd's operations, but said Ms Gillard's comments were "unjustified and regrettable".
Earlier on Tuesday, the prime minister said the meeting would be a private one, but she expected to talk about her vision for the future and the government's reform agenda.
"Such meetings have been addressed by prime ministers and opposition leaders in the past, so when I was invited by Mr Hartigan I accepted the invitation," Ms Gillard told reporters in Canberra.
Ms Gillard said none of the major media companies had made any representation to her about the proposed privacy reforms announced earlier in July.
Privacy Minister Brendan O'Connor was in charge of the consultation process for that, she added.
