The author of the popular right wing blog Whale Oil has been appointed as the editor of the Truth newspaper.

A merger of publishing giants Random House and Penguin could lead to large-scale job losses in New Zealand and reduced competition.

Debt-for-equity deal along lines that is keeping Channel 9 on air in Oz is looking more likely for MediaWorks in NZ, writes John Drinnan.

TVNZ is considering killing its flagship current affairs show Sunday next year, having shortened it this year to make room for New Zealand's Got Talent, writes John Drinnan.

Foreign television shows are to be steered away from filming sheep and Maori culture after complaints from tourism bosses it's a negative image.

John Drinnan's media column looks at Paul Henry's chances of a TVNZ close up, and the fallout from a Kiwi newsman's 'Gotcha' tape of Alan Jones.

After 31 years with TVNZ, Mark Sainsbury is tipped to receive a golden handshake of more than $500,000 when Close Up ends on November 30.

Alan Jones's comments about the Australian prime minister's father are costing his radio station dearly.

He's not expecting a payout like John Hawkesby's $6.5m deal, but Mark Sainsbury is confident he will be looked after by TVNZ.

An outsider tuning in to the Valerie Adams medal ceremony could be excused for thinking Adams came from the small Pacific nation of "ANZ Bank".

Security arrangements for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first royal tour of the Pacific have been stepped up.

Press gallery journalists generally treat the bile and invective directed at them by portions of the blog-a-tariat as an unwelcome and unfortunate byproduct of an otherwise exciting and intellectually challenging job.

John Drinnan asks why are taxpayers set to fund a second overseas format talent show while public broadcasting collapses around our ears?