TVNZ chief executive puts a new twist on TV3 assertions that its news ratings slump has been caused by losing the rights to Home and Away to TVNZ.

Matilda Rice has quit her sales job at MediaWorks to go work for the opposition.

The layoffs come after Michael Bloomberg's return about a year ago following three terms as New York mayor.

Privatisation is unlikely, but the Government is looking at other ways for TVNZ to get friendly with the private sector, writes John Drinnan.

If I do anything in the various non-journalistic roles I have, it's to promote good people and good ideas and good outcomes, writes Mike Hosking.

Sky TV's emerged from its first year of viable pay TV competition with only a few scratches.

When the Peters-Hosking stoush erupted, many must have asked themselves: whose side should I take or, for that matter, do I have a dog in this fight?

Talk radio tends to have a conservative audience and when he appears in the Herald Hosking's opinion is one of many. But TV has a pervasive influence, writes John Drinnan.

Newstalk ZB broadcaster hits back at claims he is a "National Party stooge".

Hosking is a National Party stooge, writes Winston Peters. So much so, his show should be counted against National's electoral advertising.

Air New Zealand says its experience with Warner Bros and The Hobbit helped it secure rights to the Sony Pictures movie Men In Black for the airline's latest safety video.

Weaker circulation sales reflected stable subscription revenue offset by "continued pressure on retail sales".

The Smalley debate brings up the importance for diversity in media. But empathy for minorities is just as important, writes Lee Suckling.

How long before one super-agency promotes film and TV alike?, asks John Drinnan.

One lucky Kiwi managed to add a cool $2 billion to their fortune this year.

Hollywood is as eager as ever for Chinese money, courting investors, including state-owned enterprises.

She used to be naughty and not nice, but now the broadcaster is living a much more proper life ... although there is the matter of the stationery.

British publishing firm Pearson is considering a sale of the Financial Times.

Finance Minister says Chinese counterparts have expressed concern to him, saying debate on foreign buyers more "hard-edged" in NZ than in other countries.

Archive footage of the Queen and Queen Mother apparently raising a Nazi salute in 1933 may have been inadvertently given to documentary makers filming a royal family tribute.

Woman's Day publishers have defended printing paparazzi photos of Dan Carter's 2-year-old son, saying the pictures were taken in a public place.

Surely it's the right of every celeb parent to choose to keep their babies out of the public domain, writes Kerre McIvor.

New TVNZ chairwoman Joan Withers describes TV One's rating success from 6pm to 7.30pm as "stunning".

The columnist and comedian will join Radio New Zealand. He's also worked as a food critic and Seven Sharp presenter.

The big winner at the PANZ Book Design Awards 2015 was Cardboard Cathedral by Andrew Barrie which won the best illustrated and best typography categories of the awards for designer Janson Chau and publisher Auckland University Press.

Dan and Honor Carter have called in lawyers after a women's magazine published paparazzi photos of their 2-year-old son.

On April 19 2015, in print and online, The Herald on Sunday covered an incident involving Mathew Sinclair having allegedly "vanished with his children" after a domestic incident

John Campbell's image is flying high, though in this employment market you would have to be careful about turning down too many options, writes John Drinnan.

The BBC does not use the word 'terrorists' to describe murdering Islamist fanatics