News media in other free countries would be amazed at the restrictions on reporting deaths in New Zealand by suicide.

MediaWorks boss Mark Weldon prepared to take good with bad to revitalise 'do-up'.

The adult art craze is driving a resurgence in book sales but many bookworms are colouring-in rather than reading.

From the photocopy machine to the after-work drinks, MediaWorks' boss Mark Weldon is a pervasive influence at the broadcaster he has run for a year.

NZME confirms plans for its new, world-class newsroom operation, offering audiences access to even better journalism and content.

There has been some minor brand damage for Westpac, because the incident goes to the heart of two key elements of all bank brands: trust and privacy, writes John Drinnan.

If the Australian government relaxes media ownership laws as it is widely expected to do, it will trigger a slew of media mergers and acquisitions and one of the key players will be a secretive....

Some have conjectured that Zendaya Coleman, the 19-year-old singer-actress-dancer, can do no wrong. That assessment has so far proved pretty accurate.

More than $200 million was wiped off Sky TV's market value after the company said annual profit would fall by up to 11 per cent as the business grapples with rising costs and online competition from streaming services such as Netflix.

Sport, movie fans to benefit as Sky combats its cheaper online rivals, writes John Drinnan. The upgrade will be made by downloading apps, or using new set-top boxes where necessary.

A desire for Chinese profits may be behind Playboy's decision to drop nude women from its magazine.

I F***ing Love Science has 22 million likes on its page and appears on most Facebook users newsfeed. But its creator isn't in the mood to sell.

It was hard for some to see the justification in Key's decision to deploy the troops in the first place, writes Cliare Trevett. It is harder still to see how Key will justify a decision to cut and run.

Susan Wood went through a recovery process to learn to walk, talk, read and eat again after suffering a brain injury.

Oaktree Capital is still backing MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon, amid persistent rumours of change at the top, writes John Drinnan.

New York Times plans to double its digital revenue in the next four years.

NZ's big media players have formed a new advertising exchange.

Long-serving weather presenter Karen Olsen is leaving TVNZ after more than two decades with the company.

High-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.

The discussion of the looming apocalypse for ad-dependent publishers has been impossible to avoid.

We don't need more people like me, writes Deborah Hill Cone. We don't need more introspective bloggers or writers noodling on about personal crises and cupcakes.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be the best advertisement yet for media training.

Mobile advertisement developer Snakk Media plans to tap investors for $2 million and shift over to the fledgling NXT market from the NZAX.

Is it right to be worried about Murdoch's new part stake in National Geographic's media arm?

There's a problem with the male-female mix on television at 7pm, writes John Drinnan.

This is the age when youth shades into adulthood, writes James Meffan. Much literature that really engages people at this stage in life deals with transition and change.

What this ban highlights, is that far from being the 'poor sister' to fact, fiction can be seen by some, to be just as dangerous, writes Dana Wensley.

The SFO has laid charges against Victor John Clarke, a former director of failed media company MediaWeb, for alleged offending involving $2.2 million.

John Campbell starts work on Monday and Radio New Zealand appears confident that staff tensions over his takeover of Checkpoint have been resolved.