TVNZ workers' days of splurging on company plastic have ended, as the state broadcaster cuts up hundreds of credit cards to avoid "misleading" publicity, with nearly all staff affected.

Digitally altered photos of NZ's Next Top Model entrants have been slammed as an "appalling" attempt to make the models appear thinner than they are.

Tony Veitch appears set to return as a full-time radio host, two years after a domestic incident which left him shame-faced and unemployed.

TV3 has put out a press release denying the broadcaster is questioning the future of current affairs show Campbell Live.

TV3 owner MediaWorks is questioning if the nightly Campbell Live is sustainable on its present ratings.

Sky Television has reported a 16.9 per cent rise in annual profits and says it is now in 47.9 per cent of New Zealand homes.

Television New Zealand boss Rick Ellis's $140,000 credit card spending in two years sounds high, Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman says, but he will reserve judgment until he hears from the state broadcaster's board today.

Public sector bosses have racked up thousands of dollars on fine dining.

Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.

Paul Henry says he feels "37 and three months" and has the hair of a 40-year-old.

Auckland University senior lecturer Sue Abel addresses the issue of balance in TV news, and the relative lack of Maori voices in mainstream news bulletins, in the third in a series of lectures discussing the state and future of journalism.

TVNZ has used figures showing the rising popularity of its 6pm news to fire an attack on its rival TV3's "smoke, mirrors and big marketing campaigns".