John Drinnan: Henry the radio star a hard sell
A combined breakfast show on TV3 and RadioLive will be a massive change to the breakfast media landscape, writes John Drinnan.
A combined breakfast show on TV3 and RadioLive will be a massive change to the breakfast media landscape, writes John Drinnan.
NZME. has appointed the former Tower executive Michael Boggs as its new chief financial officer as the company considers an IPO.
APN is still considering floating its NZ media unit with a board appointment announcement this afternoon expected to show the Australian parent isn't considering a trade sale.
The Electoral Commission has referred Mediaworks to police after a broadcaster on George FM urged people to vote for the Green Party on election day.
Paul Casserly pays tribute to local radio institution Stinky Grooves as it nears its quarter century on air.
At this point she is okay with me telling that incredibly personal story.
Neither of the two radio DJs who made a prank phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital in late 2012 will give evidence at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.
The battle for the hearts and minds of music radio listeners is moving well beyond the airwaves - into television, online, social media and even at 30,000ft.
I have always been a big fan of Santa Claus and his great teachings of kindness and breaking and entering.
Former NZX boss Mark Weldon is taking over as CEO of Mediaworks, the company which owns TV3, Four and controls half of the country's commercial radio market.
Radio New Zealand are cutting their payments to fiction writers.
Mikey Havoc owns a lot of masks. He has been collecting them all his life, inhabiting creatures that are often not entirely of his making or under his control.
"How do you think the show is going?" my old boss would ask me.
Radio New Zealand is expected to restructure management at the end off the month.
Maori Television is refusing to say if it has asked news boss Julian Wilcox about his political ambitions.
Polly Gillespie and husband Grant Kereama were longtime breakfast radio hosts on ZM and this week helped launch a new station, The Hits. The couple have been together for 29 years and have three children aged 15 and over.
Sports broadcaster Tony Veitch is engaged after proposing to his girlfriend in Australia.
Two of the country's biggest radio stars are changing stations to a newly branded network to be named The Hits.
The new voice of Radio NZ on Sunday mornings is a devoted people-watcher and big fan of Noam Chomsky
Commercial radio networks have emerged from the latest radio ratings survey without any major upheaval for its DJs.
Warring between MediaWorks' radio and TV arms has calmed since new owners took over in November, writes John Drinnan.