TV boss will have to decide if it is worth making another attempt to get taxpayer funding for NZ version of Home and Away.

"This is the best time to be a storyteller," was the message NZ Herald managing editor Shayne Currie brought back to journalists from the World News Media Congress.

Over the years, John Barnett and Dave Gibson have fought to get funding for their respective film and TV dramas.

In the past, a politician saying something factually inaccurate was cause for humiliation. Now there appears to be few consequences, if any, writes Stephen Harrington.

People hold strong views on the topics of immigration, inequality and religion - turns out the facts behind the views are mostly all wrong.

"Season four of The Block may be the best yet," I told her. "People say it's like watching paint dry but on last night's show you could watch concrete dry.

Current affairs programme would be 100% taxpayer funded.

Traditional media are adapting as they strive to hold on to their share of advertising dollars with digital and video markets continuing to rise.

$90 million Hobsonville development plan abandoned partly due to big housing crisis.

This will likely be the article no one will want to read, writes Johann Go. It is going to be the viewpoint that challenges the media and public orthodoxy surrounding the Paris attacks. This article challenges the current state of our world.

Campbell Live had made several unsuccessful requests to interview a member of the Gloriavale community prior to the reporter's visit.

Cause or coincidence? TV3's story barely establishes coincidence. It certainly doesn't show correlation. The idea of cause is laughable, writes Adam Smith.

The Mt Wellington movie pirating operation shut down by Hollywood studios was run by a New Zealand representative sportsman.

Your cellphone sits inside the front of a cardboard viewer very close to the eyes. You view its split screen through a pair of simple embedded lenses, Richard McLachlan.

Hollywood studios are all Secret Squirrel about the identity of the alleged international movie pirate who ran the YTS and YIFY websites.

One of Auckland's biggest corporate relocations is about to begin, as 850 people shift into the new NZME Central building at 151 Victoria St over the next few weeks.

MediaWorks boss Mark Weldon prepared to take good with bad to revitalise 'do-up'.

From the photocopy machine to the after-work drinks, MediaWorks' boss Mark Weldon is a pervasive influence at the broadcaster he has run for a year.

NZME confirms plans for its new, world-class newsroom operation, offering audiences access to even better journalism and content.

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.

If the Australian government relaxes media ownership laws as it is widely expected to do, it will trigger a slew of media mergers and acquisitions and one of the key players will be a secretive....

Some have conjectured that Zendaya Coleman, the 19-year-old singer-actress-dancer, can do no wrong. That assessment has so far proved pretty accurate.

More than $200 million was wiped off Sky TV's market value after the company said annual profit would fall by up to 11 per cent as the business grapples with rising costs and online competition from streaming services such as Netflix.

Profits tipped to fall by as much as 11pc in the 2016 financial year as the company battles to retain customers against the rise of on-demand streaming.

Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, and stole information to trade on before it became public.

Sport, movie fans to benefit as Sky combats its cheaper online rivals, writes John Drinnan. The upgrade will be made by downloading apps, or using new set-top boxes where necessary.

A desire for Chinese profits may be behind Playboy's decision to drop nude women from its magazine.