As fast as they come off the production line, they sensibly up sticks for the big smoke, writes Bob Jones. "There's a reverse flow from city to country by plain, husband-seeking fat girls."

Media studies lecturer Peter Thompson says a finite pot of advertising revenue has made it less attractive to produce local content.

Whatever happens in the John Campbell saga, one thing's for sure. The man will turn up suited up and looking good.

Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ have announced they are going ahead with legal action against CallPlus over the company's Global Mode service.

John Drinnan on Fairfax Media's Herculean task in trying to rescue its huge photo archive from a legal quagmire.

There is an ideological dimension to this, writes Paul Thomas. If Campbell was studiously apolitical or unapologetically conservative, would he be getting the same level of support from the same people?

Left-wing intellectuals who accused the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo of going too far by publishing drawings of the Prophet Mohammad are guilty of "disgusting paternalism".

New Zealand On Air says it was unaware that its funding of the new 3D Investigates programme would lead to TV3 cutting half an hour off 3News on Sunday nights.

There has been much hyperbole in the reaction to a review by broadcaster MediaWorks of its evening current affairs show Campbell Live.

John Key has dismissed Campbell Live, saying viewers were more interested in “light entertainment” such as Seven Sharp at that time of day.

New Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes says he is confident he can navigate the tough media and mining environment he is walking into.

A highly respected public relations person told me this week news is just a humdrum commodity like biscuits, writes Deborah Hill Cone, and that is why MediaWorks shouldn't baulk too much if it has to shut down current affairs programme Campbell Live.

Shortening the Sunday night news will allow current affairs show 3rd Degree to move from Wednesday, and screen at 6:30pm, say Mediaworks.

It'd be a barren media landscape without John Campbell and Campbell Live and if Mediaworks doesn't appreciate the team, I hope another broadcaster does, writes Kerre McIvor.

John Campbell has not been afraid to challenge the PM directly where some of his rivals have adopted a more supine stance, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

New Zealand Herald editor-in-chief Tim Murphy has decided to step down after a stellar 30-year career with the company.

The only way Campbell Live can be saved is by people watching the show, says commentator.

A taxpayer handout for "investigative journalism" saved TV3's current affairs show 3rd Degree but left Campbell Live fighting for its life.

TV3 is likely to replace Campbell Live with a new, long-running daily serial drama, going head-to-head with TV2's Shortland St.

MediaWorks bosses have John Campbell in their sights but that may be more do to with their taste in TV, than with politics.

John Campbell has a message for his fans following news his programme may be on the chopping block: 'Please watch tonight.'

Bryce Edwards examines the murky world of the media, NZ politicians and the professional and unprofessional relationships between the two.

The University of Virginia chapter of Phi Kappa Psi intends to sue Rolling Stone, calling the magazine's discredited reporting of an alleged gang rape by some of its members "reckless".

John Drinnan on the legal challenge to Global Mode services. Four media companies are threatening action to stop access.

A new spring campaign, I'm No Angel, aims to prove that "all women are sexy" regardless of society's traditional or stereotypical views on beauty.

Despite recent missteps with its reality TV shows, MediaWorks is making another bold move, with plans for its own version of Dancing with the Stars.