Foot-in-mouth hit many high-profile New Zealanders in 2014. Here are the outburst and verbal slips they'd rather forget.

An appeal hearing in Cairo last night ordered a retrial for Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al-Jazeera Television colleagues.

Most people are aware that anyone who fronts the media on a controversial issue likely will have rehearsed their answers to expected questions.

Food poisoning, rates issues, flooding and Dirty Politics have been listed as some of the biggest PR challenges of the past year.

APN News & Media has increased its presence in the Australian broadcasting scene through the purchase of Perth radio station 96FM from rival publisher Fairfax Media.

Online TV service Lightbox and Coliseum Sports Media have signed a 50:50 partnership but at this stage they are not promising lower prices.

It has become one of the hallmarks of the news now. Whenever there is a dramatic event, social media instantly comes alive with comment and conjecture as facts vie for attention with fiction.

Could it happen here? That is a question to haunt this country whatever the outcome of the hostage crisis in Sydney.

Father-of-four Craig Stoker had just bought a coffee at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place when he walked out and bumped into a "crazy-eyed" man.

Prime Minister John Key says bloggers are not a "big part of his day" but he lives in a world where he can't ignore them.

Marcus Lush had rather a big day yesterday. His car was pinched, his son started to walk - and he was also confirmed as the new host of Newstalk ZB's night show.

Broadcasting veteran Marcus Lush will take on a new role in the next year — hosting Newstalk ZB’s night show.

The Crown says one of the defendants in an ad scam trial was a "parasite" but the defence claims some people who bought ads from him were just "stupid".

Two Australian TV networks are looking at taking a stake in MediaWorks at a heavily discounted price, according to sources.

Three years on, the "teapot tapes" saga is headed for court and the taxpayer is set to foot much of the bill.

The New Zealand Herald website won best news site at last night's NetGuide awards, while shopping website GrabOne was voted best overall site of the year.

Ted Sarandos is the Internet's Mr. Television, the man who has reshaped how consumers view television and movies online.

Piers Morgan has condemned actor Shia LaBeouf’s “outrageous ‘rape’ claim”, writing that it “demeans real rape victims” and was “ridiculous” on Twitter.

The PR supremo whose employment of attack bloggers was exposed in Dirty Politics says his unconventional media strategies are here to stay.

New Zealand Herald sports editor at large Dylan Cleaver tonight cleaned up the print and online categories at the Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards.

APN News & Media said it would consider progressing its plans to launch an initial public offer for its New Zealand unit, NZME., some time in the New Year.

Rupert Murdoch prepares to complete the merger of his British, Italian and German pay-TV companies next week.

The New Zealand Herald and nzherald.co.nz have recorded another strong result in the latest readership figures, with our combined print and online audience lifting to 844,000 readers a day and 1.34....

Latest readership figures show our combined print and online audience lifting to 844,000 readers a day and 1.34 million across the week.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has quit the board of the Ten Network to focus on the construction of her giant iron ore project.

Kiwi pop sensation Lorde has graced her second Billboard magazine cover in less than two years.