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'Praise makes a good leader' - Richard Branson

Business magnate Sir Richard Branson believes "praise, not criticism" is the best method of leadership.

NZME-Fairfax merger bid gets ComCom focus

The Commerce Commission will look at whether there are separate digital and print media markets as part of its assessment of the proposed NZME-Fairfax merger.

John Drinnan: Voda-Sky deal a win-win-win

COMMENT: Another day, another media merger. The combination of Sky TV and Vodafone amounts to a takeover of Sky.

Hero fuels Kiwi's US lift-off

20-year-old says Sir Richard Branson is an inspiration.

Fran O'Sullivan: Media marriages leave rest searching

COMMENT: The Commerce Commission now has two major "media" marriages on its plate and others sure to follow as the sectoral shakeout ramps up.

NZME to sell Wairarapa Times-Age

John Drinnan: Maori TV: $11m, RNZ: Zero

COMMENT: Bill English gave Maori TV n a $10.6 million boost in the Budget, although it has a $12.9 million nest egg built up over years of taxpayer funding.

Reality bites: MediaWorks profits halve

MediaWorks blamed a soft television market for a profit slump as the company sought to steady itself after controversial chief executive Mark Weldon's departure.

R-rating for smoking on screen

New Zealand researchers are calling for TV shows that feature smoking scenes to be rated R.

Sky TV mulls capital options

Analysts estimate the pay-TV company could have $400 million of surplus funds.

Paul Little: The rise and rise of monopolies

COMMENT: When the all-but-inevitable merger of media companies NZME and Fairfax was announced, journalistic reaction fell into two camps.

Drinnan: Big deal - beginning or ending?

Some will see the proposed merger of Fairfax New Zealand and NZME as the beginning of the end of an era for New Zealand media.

Brian Gaynor: As advertising moves, so must the publishers

COMMENT: The proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ is a further sign that media companies continue to look for viable business models.

Fran O'Sullivan: Merger's ripples bound to spread

COMMENT: NZME has "first mover" advantage when it comes to the shakeup of the New Zealand media industry.

APN shares rally after capital raising

Shares rallied at the start of trading on the ASX after APN successfully raised A$160 million through a rights issue.

John Drinnan: Merger talk a sign of the times

COMMENT: Two media giants into one? Changed market makes NZME-Fairfax tie-up a real prospect.

Fairfax's NZ assets worth only pennies to stock price, brokerage says

Fairfax Media's New Zealand business is worth just 5 Australian cents to the cmpany's stock price, a brockerage says.

APN and Fairfax pursue merger discussion

Australia's APN and rival publisher Fairfax say they are in talks to merge their NZ businesses which would create the biggest stand-alone media company.