If ... parents had introduced children to newspapers ... rather than addiction to idiotic texting, they would be addicted to the world, writes Bob Jones.

MediaWorks TV has confirmed the return of shows including New Girl, The Simpsons and Glee - though it made no mention of Modern Family.

Major changes to Seven Sharp will have a ripple effect through other TVNZ shows and the radio industry.

Associated Press have selected their photos of the year. Today we look at some of the people who made the news in the past 12 months.

The media revolution rolls on, and many in the mainstream industry are walking a cliff-edge as they look to the future and changes in the way people use media.

Time magazine has named Pope Francis its person of the year, saying that in nine months in office the head of the Catholic Church had become a new voice of conscience.

Editorial: Blogger Cameron Slater has been told by a Manukau District Court judge his "Whaleoil" website is not a news medium.

Australia's eavesdropping agency was prepared to share information on individual citizens to intelligence partners.

We live in an unprecedented age of offence-seeking, writes Bob Jones.

Blogger Cameron Slater says he was "incredulous" that a District Court judge ruled he does not meet the criteria to be considered part of the media.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng had a "crush" on Tony Blair according to a note, it was reported yesterday.

A blogger who broke the Len Brown sex scandal story has been ordered to reveal confidential sources after a judge ruled his site was not a "news medium".

Metro magazine is under fire for publishing an "offensive" rape joke about the Roast Busters scandal.

Robinson and Laidlaw will leave respectable legacies at public radio, but their departures are overdue and bookend a period when RNZ resisted change.

Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.

The suspect in a Paris newspaper office shooting that left a photographer gravely wounded and other attacks that triggered a two-day nationwide manhunt has been arrested, French authorities said.

Garry Ferris has resigned as editor of the Sunday Star-Times and Fairfax operations after less than a year in the job.

Paul Henry had better watch his motormouth, now that online activists have taken courage from their success in the Willie and JT scandal, writes John Drinnan.

An exclusive cocktail party was held last night at the Auckland Art Gallery to celebrate the Heralds 150th birthday.

Ordinary Kiwis who do extraordinary things will be celebrated in a new set of national awards launched by the Herald as part of its 150th birthday celebrations.

To mark 150 years, we're giving you a glimpse into our newsroom, with a live blog documenting a day at the Herald.

Herald editors mark the paper’s 150th birthday by retrospectively selecting NZers of the Year for every year since 1863.

Bill Wilson carries the first name of his great-great grandfather who founded the New Zealand Herald but that is not unusual in his family.