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.

John Campbell has called in lawyer Linda Clark to fight his corner as MediaWorks confirms the company is looking for a homegrown soap to replace Campbell Live.

Does the demise of Campbell Live signal the end of serious current affairs on prime-time television? Geoff Cumming, Matt Nippert and Phil Taylor report.

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.

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.

Jeremy Clarkson will go ahead with a live tour alongside his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May despite his sacking by the BBC.

MediaWorks will be weighing up ratings for outrageous TV against advertiser concerns about the Joe Irvine humiliation.

Passengers who flew across the Pacific during the last 15 years are being urged to apply for funds from a price fixing class action against airlines, including Air NZ.

The sacking of Natalia Kills and Willy Moon is the latest in a run of damaging reality TV errors for Mediaworks executive Julie Christie, writes John Drinnan.

Leading telecommunications company Spark actively considered becoming the cornerstone sponsor of the new Paul Henry breakfast show, but has pulled out, writes John Drinnan.

Jeremy Clarkson is reportedly considering quitting the BBC, even if he is cleared of allegations he punched a Top Gear producer.

The BBC is refusing to comment on whether Top Gear will ever return after controversial host Jeremy Clarkson was suspended for allegedly throwing a punch at a producer.

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME.) is merging its Auckland operations, including the Herald and The Radio Network, to become the anchor tenant in a media centre being built at 151 Victoria....

Radio New Zealand's boss says he's disappointed and surprised at a poor ratings result which shows a 13 per cent fall in listeners to the state owned broadcaster.

Murray Holdaway is an unlikely star of the silver screen.

Hugh Sundae has been appointed as the new General Manager of the alternative radio station bFM.