Radio New Zealand is expected to restructure management at the end off the month.

The Taurima Inquiry has opened the door to questions about other journalists and whether their outside roles affect their independence.

The Taurima Inquiry has not taken Television New Zealand to task for its biggest failing yet as a news operation with an oversight of politics.

The Taurima Inquiry has failed to take Television New Zealand to task for its biggest failing yet as a news operation with an oversight of politics, writes John Drinnan.

Sources expect that if Shane Taurima emerges badly from the bias inquiry, Julian Wilcox will put his name forward as a Labour party candidate.

Meet 'Hurricane Jane' Hastings - APN News and Media's new boss who's biggest task will be preparing for the Herald internet paywall, writes John Drinnan.

A blogger and political consultant to Mana and the Internet Party has warned he will not support closer ties with the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party.

Warring between MediaWorks' radio and TV arms has calmed since new owners took over in November, writes John Drinnan.

The future of Maori broadcasting has become caught up in pre-election coalition politicking.

Money is money and nobody wants to look a gift horsepower in the mouth, writes John Drinnan. Mazda now owns sponsorship rights to 7pm shows from Sunday through to Friday.

Diversionary tactics and John Key's popularity have worked, and Labour is not getting a chance to promote its policies, writes John Drinnan. National has developed a 'media network'.

Tomorrow marks the 10th birthday of Maori Television. The appointment of a new chief executive should be a celebration.

The long serving head of news at Radio New Zealand - Don Rood - is among several senior executives at Radio New Zealand asked to reapply for their jobs.

Blogs like WhaleOil and Kiwiblog may soon be subject to the same rules as newspapers under expansion at The Press Council, writes John Drinnan.

Maori broadcasters have weaved a tangled web of politics with upheavals at both Television New Zealand and Maori TV, writes John Drinnan.

The Maori TV board is pushing ahead with plans to appoint controversial broadcaster Paora Maxwell as chief executive in the next two weeks, broadcasting sources say.

Exceltium Corporate & Public Affairs owner Matthew Hooton is crowing from the rooftops after the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust won a victory against the body that decides its ratepayer funding.

TVNZ won't be airing a taxpayer-funded dramatised documentary about Radio Hauraki's pirate days until after the screening of a feature film based on the same story, writes John Drinnan.

Companies are now getting good impact from social media but a marketing expert says that online discourse has become more volatile, writes John Drinnan.

Police top brass have suffered from communications cock-ups in the past 12 months.

We have seen Shane Taurima's awful lapse at TVNZ, delays in appointing a new chief executive at Maori TV, and the massacre of RadioLive's Willie & JT Show after a social media campaign.

The Shane Taurima fiasco will hasten calls for Maori TV to take over TVNZ's Maori and Pacific unit.

Morning Report co-host Simon Mercep will follow his co-host and step down from the show when Geoff Robinson leaves in April.