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Damien Venuto: Changes afoot for big-money ASB and Kiwibank ad accounts

Major banks spend tens of millions on advertising every year.

Anger after MediaWorks boss says The Rock inquiry complete, no misconduct

MediaWorks CEO speaks out over the workplace allegations.

Inside the fight for the future of the Wall Street Journal

New York Times: A special team says Rupert Murdoch's paper must evolve to survive.

'Careful we don't get caught': The conundrum of handling Covid too well

NZ has had a relatively good ride through the pandemic - and that presents a few risks.

Facebook blames 'configuration change' for global outages

The social network fell over again, with Instagram and Whatsapp also offline.

Damien Venuto: Influencer marketing is a mess. Could this move clean it up?

Influencers have become very good at skirting around the rules.

The lawyer behind the throne at Fox

New York Times: Viet Dinh is seen as Fox's power centre.

Inside America's most interesting magazine, and media's oddest workplace

New York Times: How the weirdest place to work makes an unexpectedly excellent magazine.

Facebook's peace deal with Rupert Murdoch spooks the media world

Telegraph: Rupert Murdoch's deal with Facebook and its lessons for other publishers.

Google prepares to pay NZ media for content on new news service

Google is gearing up to launch its News Showcase news service in New Zealand.

Facebook makes deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to pay for content

It is the first major Australian publisher to strike a deal with the tech giant.

Business Insider: Sean Plunket's next move

Plus, former NZX CEO Tim Bennett's latest gig.

Damien Venuto: Ardern thinks she doesn't need Hosking. She might be wrong

Ardern has reason for not wanting to talk to Hosking, but ditching him could backfire.

Local Focus: Roto-vegas or Roto-wood?

Rotorua aiming to become a film production hub. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The tech set to connect Kiwi fans with Olympians in Tokyo

Sponsorship has come a long way from a logo on a shirt.

How A-listers are driving the hugely speculative investment craze of Spacs

Shaquille O'Neal, Jay Z and Gary Cohn have one thing in common.