A NZ on Air report into media consumption has concluded that kiwis are sticking to traditional platforms despite the big push toward to digital.

Mike Hosking's article in last Friday's Herald attacking the Labour Party and supporting the National Party raises some interesting issues, writes Michael Cullen.

Julie 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.

MediaWorks 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.

A senior journalist working for a rival to the News of the World was alleged to be involved in directing a private investigator to hack into the voicemails of Milly Dowler.

Evidence suggests that Rupert Murdoch's News International paid private detectives unlawfully accessed the phone records of a leading IRA mole in hiding.

Fairfax Media has reached agreement with rival APN News & Media to have its newspapers printed at APN's modernised print facility in Auckland.

Auckland Transport mounts lively ad campaign, then undermines it by using shuttle vans to help staff get around instead of public transport.

British PM David Cameron has apologised to Parliament for hiring ex-tabloid editor Andy Coulson, convicted yesterday over phone hacking. But now he's in trouble too.

Tony 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.

TV3 owner MediaWorks Holdings is opposing Auckland Transport in the Environment Court over conditions for the $2.86 billion City Rail Link.

Last week I accidentally revealed that my four-year-old son had seen Game of Thrones. It was just the opening titles, but it still made people really angry, writes Matt Heath.

State TV bosses point proudly to improved ratings, but signs are, that after a succession of problems, TVNZ journalist morale is numbed, says John Drinnan.

The 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.

New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless joins us in the New Zealand Herald newsroom to guest edit this Friday's edition. Join the live chat here.

Music and movie giants have joined forces to freeze Kim Dotcom's assets, but they'll have to negotiate conditions first.

The NZ Herald is proud to announce NZ's very own Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless, will guest edit next Friday's edition.

An 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.

BBC staff have been warned that a "significant" number of redundancies are likely to be made in the corporation's news department.

Radio New Zealand has conceded there could be redundancies as a result of restructuring plans canvassed with staff today.

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.

I recently judged the blog of the year award for the Canon Media Awards and had to hold my nose to give it to Cameron Slater's Whale Oil blog, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Television 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.

TV3's gratuitous clip of John Banks picking his ear was a bad call and the timing couldn't have been worse, writes John Drinnan.

Banks stepped in to save the economic system, writes Bob Jones. Had they not, the world would have descended into anarchy with mass unemployment.

Labour and the Greens need to wake up and smell the coffee, writes John Armstrong. The underlying message that both Opposition parties should take from last weekend's two television polls is that their working in isolation from each other is not working.