Former radio show partners Willie Jackson and John Tamihere were knocked back in a bid to handle distribution of $14 million of taxpayer funding for health and social services.

The long serving head of news at Radio New Zealand - Don Rood - is among several senior executives at Radio New Zealand asked to reapply for their jobs.

Blogs like WhaleOil and Kiwiblog may soon be subject to the same rules as newspapers under expansion at The Press Council, writes John Drinnan.

The Maori Television board last month rejected major changes as it pushed for the appointment of a contentious applicant for the chief executive's job.

The Government is facing flak on two fronts over issues affecting Maori Television, amid staff concerns about plans to realign its news and current affairs department.

Maori broadcasters have weaved a tangled web of politics with upheavals at both Television New Zealand and Maori TV, writes John Drinnan.

The Maori TV board is pushing ahead with plans to appoint controversial broadcaster Paora Maxwell as chief executive in the next two weeks, broadcasting sources say.

'I'm Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant, and this is my skybox'. The business and media magnate turns 83 today.

Police top brass have suffered from communications cock-ups in the past 12 months.

Telecom's ShowMeTV should cut another chink in Sky Television's armour built up over 25 years of being a pay television monopoly, writes John Drinnan.

New Zealand's dominant pay-TV company, posted a 22pc gain in profit of $82.1m as subscribers switched to its My Sky service.

The Commerce Commission has announced it will investigate claims that Countdown and its parent company, Woolworths, are engaging in extortionate behaviour.

Shares in APN News & Media surged to an 18-month high when they resumed trading after institutions put up A$112 million in a planned capital raising.

Morning Report co-host Simon Mercep will follow his co-host and step down from the show when Geoff Robinson leaves in April.

The media revolution rolls on, and many in the mainstream industry are walking a cliff-edge as they look to the future and changes in the way people use media.

Robinson and Laidlaw will leave respectable legacies at public radio, but their departures are overdue and bookend a period when RNZ resisted change.

Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.

Garry Ferris has resigned as editor of the Sunday Star-Times and Fairfax operations after less than a year in the job.

Paul Henry had better watch his motormouth, now that online activists have taken courage from their success in the Willie and JT scandal, writes John Drinnan.

In a blockbuster declaration at Britain's phone hacking trial, a prosecutor said two of Rupert Murdoch's former senior tabloid executives - Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson - had an affair lasting at least