Media and marketingMurdoch's blockbuster bidMurdoch had been organising the biggest deal of his career: a US$80 billion ($92.2 billion) bid for Time Warner by 21st Century Fox, his entertainment company.24 Jul 05:00 PM
Media and marketingReality TV queen offloads sports barTV mogul Julie Christie has placed her Auckland Viaduct-based sports bar on the market, along with her extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia.18 Jul 05:00 PM
BDBDMedia and marketingAPN buys out Hong Kong outdoor ad partner for $14mAPN News & Media has bought out its partner in a Hong Kong outdoor advertising joint venture for A$14 million.18 Jul 02:15 AM
Media and marketingMurdoch's ambition grows in USRupert Murdoch is bidding to create by far the world's largest film and television company with an attempted takeover of Time Warner.17 Jul 05:00 PM
Media and marketingNavman founder: I'm still in businessA comment to a reporter that he was selling all his companies and giving the money to charity was a polite way of telling him to 'f-off', says Navman founder Peter Maire.16 Jul 10:15 PM
OpinionSue Chetwin: Web service will drive better deals'Oh, you work at Consumer, what a wonderful organisation. My parents used to get Consumer magazine."16 Jul 05:00 PM
Media and marketingKiwis stick with TV and radioA NZ on Air report into media consumption has concluded that kiwis are sticking to traditional platforms despite the big push toward to digital.09 Jul 12:48 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Christie sale ups the anteJulie Christie has sold off the Living and Food channels to Discovery Networks, leaving MediaWorks staff with the prospect that she might apply for the soon-to-be-vacant chief executive's role.03 Jul 09:37 PM
Media and marketingCEO of TV3 owner MediaWorks resignsMediaWorks group chief executive officer, Sussan Turner has resigned after 30 years with the company - going back to the days when it was controlled by Steven Joyce.02 Jul 05:32 AM
BDBDMedia and marketingAPN to print Fairfax papersFairfax Media has reached agreement with rival APN News & Media to have its newspapers printed at APN's modernised print facility in Auckland.27 Jun 12:30 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Own goal for mythbustersAuckland Transport mounts lively ad campaign, then undermines it by using shuttle vans to help staff get around instead of public transport.26 Jun 09:30 PM
Media and marketingPlayboy's shift to licensingPlayboy is getting more time to transform itself into a licensing company from an aging publisher as readers desert print.26 Jun 04:30 AM
BDBDMedia and marketingO'Reilly seeks more time after Irish bank acts to recoup loansTony O’Reilly, the Irish businessman whose investments once stretched to the NZ Herald newspaper, has asked for more time to sell assets to repay debts.25 Jun 01:53 AM
Freight and logisticsMediaWorks eyes rail link compensationTV3 owner MediaWorks Holdings is opposing Auckland Transport in the Environment Court over conditions for the $2.86 billion City Rail Link.23 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanTVNZ board should look at managementState TV bosses point proudly to improved ratings, but signs are, that after a succession of problems, TVNZ journalist morale is numbed, says John Drinnan.13 Jun 02:25 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Shakeup for TVNZThe state broadcaster has confirmed it is planning another restructure of news and current affairs, writes John Drinnan. Some positions are expected to be disestablished, and an announcement is imminent.12 Jun 05:00 PM
Media and marketingMedia giants team up to freeze DotcomMusic and movie giants have joined forces to freeze Kim Dotcom's assets, but they'll have to negotiate conditions first.09 Jun 01:33 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Digital future? It's arrivedAn annual outlook on the media and entertainment industry says we're in a new era, where Kiwi consumers no longer differentiate between the traditional and the digital., writes John Drinnan.05 Jun 09:30 PM
Media and marketingRNZ reveals proposal for staff changesRadio New Zealand has conceded there could be redundancies as a result of restructuring plans canvassed with staff today.05 Jun 06:15 AM
Media and marketingMedia's 'age of digital normal'The NZ media world has gone digital with online news and entertainment now a mainstream part of the sector, according to PwC's annual outlook for the industry.04 Jun 08:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: News - TVNZ doesn't get itTelevision New Zealand is adamant the scrapping of up to 12 journalists' jobs because of cuts at 20/20 is not linked to an expensive makeover, writes John Drinnan.29 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Ear pick clip timing couldn't be worseTV3's gratuitous clip of John Banks picking his ear was a bad call and the timing couldn't have been worse, writes John Drinnan.27 May 03:00 AM
OpinionBob Jones: Blaming banks for our woes just myth makingBanks stepped in to save the economic system, writes Bob Jones. Had they not, the world would have descended into anarchy with mass unemployment.26 May 05:30 PM
Media and marketingWhy does the editor of the New York Times get paid so little?Be it $475,000 or $559,000, why is the top editor at one of journalism's most prestigious institutions paid relatively so little?20 May 02:39 AM
OpinionJohn Drinnan: RNZ boss says radio in decline - big changes neededRadio New Zealand is expected to restructure management at the end off the month.14 May 12:33 AM
Media and marketing'Battle of Bondi' footage releasedFootage has emerged of the brawl between Australian media mogul James Packer and Nine boss David Gyngell which shows three men trying to restrain the pair.05 May 09:48 PM
Media and marketingCelebrity besties pack some punchesIf it hadn't been for a fortuitously placed paparazzo, who caught the 'Battle of Bondi' on camera, people might never have believed how Aussie's most powerful men settled scores.05 May 05:00 PM
