Augusta Capital has bought NZME House in Auckland for $115.8 million with plans to bundle the property into a syndication investment offer.

Laura McGoldrick's biggest fan - her husband Martin Guptill - will tune in from India tomorrow to watch her debut on a groundbreaking digital news show.

The New York Times publication will invest $50 million over the next three years to increase its digital audience.

NZME is launching The Country, which will see its radio, digital and print brands merge to become the hub for all rural content.

Rialto Channel is moving into the Asian pay TV market and taking a "significant" investment in a Hong Kong-based TV distributor, writes John Drinnan.

"The leak is a serious and disappointing breach of many years of trust," Governor Graeme Wheeler said.

Telemarketing and auto-play online ads are the most annoying types of advertising.

NZME's new digital news show will be sponsored by global corporate travel management company FCM Travel Solutions Partners.

COMMENT: New Zealand On Air is continuing on a path towards taxpayer funding for TV network current affairs shows.

So - was Celebrity Family Feud cross-promotional heaven or hell, asks Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Incidents involving three freelancers questioning the Government have led to costly legal action.

Snakk Media says it has become the victim of an online scam that could cost as much as $215,000.

NZ Herald Focus will be hosted by former Campbell Live reporter Tristram Clayton, SKY Sport's Laura McGoldrick and NZME's Niva Retimanu and Tony Veitch.

Nine Entertainment has taken a 9.99 per cent stake in regional broadcaster Southern Cross Media, in the first of expected moves in the sector.

COMMENT: Free-to-air networks are fighting for a bigger share of diminishing TV advertising revenue, and drama is at the costly edge of that battle.

Fairfax staff at the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Financial Review are now on strike following the announcement of more redundancy.

Michael Boggs' fingerprints were all over NZME before he was announced as the new chief executive.

Why did a row involving Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee challenging Willie Jackson wind up before a Crown entity, asks John Drinnan.

Last year's Budget was remarkable in how much of it was written so late in the process.

MediaWorks is taking initiatives to improve its on-demand offering on 3Now.

Prospective liberalisation of Australia's media ownership laws could spark a shakeup here.

Australia's media ownership laws are being shaken up. What rules are being scrapped, and how might it affect the sector?

Slowing advertising market and reduced government funding eats into Television New Zealand's revenue.

Broadcast news veteran has many fans among MediaWorks staff, writes John Drinnan.

Herald on Sunday now NZ's best-read Sunday newspaper.

Fairfax Media's New Zealand division posted a 12 percent drop in first-half earnings as online revenue gains didn't offset the ongoing advertising decline in print publications.

NZ bloggers are trailing the US, Britain and Australia when it comes to commercially capitalising on their profiles.

Dozens of New Zealand jobs are in the air after Fairfax Media decided to end an experiment sharing work between its Australian and New Zealand operations.

Matthew Hayes talks about claims of joint authorship and the impact on the duration of copyright.