Hollywood heart-throb Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, X Men: First Class) is tipped to play the lead role in Slow West

Both John Key and the TV channels could enlighten us much more on issues of the day if they abandoned the formula entertainment and got back to the journalism, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

"In terms of the politics of the interview, the Prime Minister was absolutely brilliant," says John Campbell after their fiery interview.

The sale of media company MediaWorks has been confirmed this morning by its receivers KordaMentha.

Slow progress in completing an inquiry is fuelling concern that the Commerce Commission is backing away from challenging Sky TV's hold on video content.

Being thin and carrying a low proportion of body fat are two different things, writes Steve Stannard. What is too skinny?

When the Washington Post's entire staff was summoned by chief executive Donald Graham to a meeting at 4.30pm on Monday, many assumed he was announcing the sale of the newspaper's downtown office, its prize asset.

The Herald is reaching 1.3 million people in print and digitally across the week, latest figures released by Nielsen show today.

Violence is the new "sexy" for teenage girls, according to one expert who advises parents and teachers on how to stamp out the increasingly aggressive behaviour.

Public relations sharks are circling Fonterra and what is believed to be New Zealand's biggest image handling contract.

The beast is back. Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born naturalised American media billionaire, is out to get Labor with a sledgehammer.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has apologised to New Zealand but this is just the start and he will need to do more, writes Liam Dann.

Daily newspapers in China have held nothing back in dealing to New Zealand over Fonterra's tainted milk powder crisis.

It used to be dodgy pamphlets and misleading how-to-vote cards.

Australia's political transformers are striding the campaign trail.

Fonterra's dairy product recall made headlines worldwide, as New Zealand's export markets react to reports of the botulism scare.

One argument is that you should allocate money more on benefits you can count, rather than those you can only guess at, writes John Drinnan.

APN News & Media is gearing up for a subscription model at the nzherald.co.nz website.

The British are known for their hugely popular tabloid newspapers and a love of all things royal.

A New Zealand university's student magazine has put its own spin on a famous Rolling Stone cover, replicating a John Lennon and Yoko Ono shot for a sex-themed issue.

Radio New Zealand staff marked the end of an era on Wednesday night with a waiata for the recently departed chief executive of the state radio company, Peter Cavanagh.

Rupert Murdoch has expressed regret for questioning the competence of police carrying out an investigation into wrongdoing at his UK newspapers, but says the probe has gone on too long.

A camera operator from TVNZ's Maori news service Te Karere had his camera pushed away in an exchange at a Maori education hui yesterday, the broadcaster says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dived to the bottom of the Baltic Sea on board a submersible to explore a shipwreck, the latest in a long line of publicity stunts.