
John Drinnan: Sharp comedy snares subsidies
Traditional media are adapting as they strive to hold on to their share of advertising dollars with digital and video markets continuing to rise.
Traditional media are adapting as they strive to hold on to their share of advertising dollars with digital and video markets continuing to rise.
John Campbell's former executive producer Pip Keane will be back together on his new radio show.
There has been some minor brand damage for Westpac, because the incident goes to the heart of two key elements of all bank brands: trust and privacy, writes John Drinnan.
The Mike Hosking Breakfast on Newstalk ZB remains the country's most popular radio show, despite fresh competition from Paul Henry this year.
PJ Harding takes us behind the scenes of her Vegas wedding and beyond.
High-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.
Broadcasting watchdog says radio game in which women put cucumbers down their throats to see how far they would go was humorous not offensive.
ZM's whirlwind romance is set to be crowned with a Las Vegas wedding.
It's time for the Hauraki Breakfast team to present this week's award to 4 dead birds.
If I do anything in the various non-journalistic roles I have, it's to promote good people and good ideas and good outcomes, writes Mike Hosking.
The latest episode of ZM's Ladies of NZ sees our heroines completing in a nail art contest and growing closer together ... well most of them, that is.
Filming has begun on ZM's reality show Ladies of New Zealand, with tension already mounting between Mary Haddock-Staniland and 22-year-old Chantelle Baker.
Comedian and columnist Verity Johnson explains why Dom Harvey's 'Cucumber Number' game was not funny.
Australian prisoners could become radio hosts in a novel approach to rehabilitation, a university study says.
Former Bachelor contestant has spoken out against Edge shock jock Dom Harvey and his on-air antics.
The Radio Hauraki team embarked on the legendary No Sleep Til Breakfast 24-hour bender, going from one breakfast radio show to the next with no sleep - and plenty of partying.
When the Peters-Hosking stoush erupted, many must have asked themselves: whose side should I take or, for that matter, do I have a dog in this fight?
They may have announced their marriage break-up on live radio, but this weekend The Hits hosts Polly Gillespie and Grant Kerema will face something even scarier - a night in a haunted house.
Former Black Caps bowler Simon Doull will swap the jetset lifestyle for a quick pre-dawn blast up the Waikato Expressway when he starts work on The Crowd Goes Wild breakfast show.
She's worked with the likes of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lorde and Pamela Anderson but now celebrity nail artist Leah Light is stepping into the spotlight, joining ZM's reality show Ladies of NZ.
Spy can today reveal Christchurch fashionista Chantelle Baker is among the quartet. The 22-year-old runs her own fashion store and is casually dating.
On Thursday the Hauraki Breakfast crew are going to try another all-night party-a-thon before going on air the next morning.
Fans of The Hits DJs Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama have reacted with shock and sadness to their unexpected split.
Rachel Smalley won't back down in her call for more diversity in prime time radio, but the six men who she says dominate the airwaves won't be drawn into the debate.
Bravo Media has sent ZM a cease and desist notice, saying a name for its competition was too close to that of its popular US reality series.
"I've been called sexist, nasty and sour but I won't budge in the face of abuse: we need more women on prime-time radio."
Top broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld has accused Rachel Smalley of inverse sexism for criticising the appointment of her old 3News colleague John Campbell.
Newstalk ZB host Rachel Smalley criticism of a "near-monopoly of white male broadcasters " has kicked off a vigorous debate online.
Radio New Zealand has taken Mary Wilson off air to make room for a new show "with a visual element" featuring John Campbell, writes John Drinnan.