The Government has appointed the political raconteur and public relations man...

Self-publishing has traditionally been a surefire route to obscurity and dismal sales. Now a British thriller writer who sells his novels as ebooks for as little as 71p ($1.50) is proving the naysayers wrong.

TVNZ's answer to Sky's digital recorder has wiped a big chunk of the broadcaster's profits....

There's little charity for MediaWorks' debt-laden owners.

Struggling media company MediaWorks is up-to-date with its broadcasting licence payments and has not received a bail-out loan from the Government, Communications Minister Steven Joyce says.

The Government has thrown a lifeline to ailing private media company MediaWorks, which owns TV3, Four, and about half New Zealand's commercial radio stations.

APN News & Media said its New Zealand media business had a solid year in 2010 with revenue growth of 1.7pc and earnings growth of 9.6pc.

Bruce Cotterill has stepped down as chief executive of Yellow Pages Group having completed a massive restructure and following the directory business's bankers seizing control last month.

One of the things I enjoy about advertising is that much of the work involves simplification. It kind of goes against the grain in this fast paced and often complicated world.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has offered to give guarantees on the editorial future of the Sky News channel in an effort to head off a Competition Commission inquiry.

The Business Herald's media writer takes a look at the year just gone and what's coming up in 2011.