Hugh Sundae has been appointed as the new General Manager of the alternative radio station bFM.

Manu Taylor has stepped down as station manager at the alternative radio station bFM.

Television newsrooms are "created by men, largely for men", a senior female BBC editor said yesterday, as some of the most prominent women in broadcasting lined up to condemn sexism and ageism in the industry.

A broadcaster took sufficient action after radio host Rachel Smalley was heard describing some woman as "heifers" and a "bunch of lardos", the BSA has found.

The Maori Language Commission says that it has approached TVNZ, TV3 and the MetService about using the Maori word for "tomorrow" in future weather broadcasts.

Ten years ago, Pita Sharples - now Minister of Maori Affairs - said he wanted to see an end to mangled te reo words used in Parliament and in mainstream media broadcasts.

The Taurima Inquiry has opened the door to questions about other journalists and whether their outside roles affect their independence.

The Taurima Inquiry has failed to take Television New Zealand to task for its biggest failing yet as a news operation with an oversight of politics, writes John Drinnan.

Jeremy Clarkson has said he will be sacked by the BBC if he makes another offensive remark.

Jeremy Clarkson's future with the BBC is up in the air after he was forced into apologising for saying what sounded like a racist word in a TV out-take.

Commercial radio networks have emerged from the latest radio ratings survey without any major upheaval for its DJs.

Newstalk ZB journalist Rachel Smalley has today issued a tearful apology after calling New Zealand women "heifers" and "lardos" while thinking her microphone was off yesterday.

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

TVNZ is eyeing tougher new conflict of interest rules for employees following the resignation of broadcaster Shane Taurima, an inquiry into the case has heard.

Fifty years ago Beatlemania reigned supreme, Auckland's population hit 500,000, and four doyens of New Zealand broadcasting were born.

Nearly a quarter of TVNZ's staff were paid six-figure salaries last year. A spokesperson said TVNZ made "no apology" for paying staff well.

The internet-based broadcaster that snatched English Premier League football away from Sky is now eyeing up the All Blacks and Super 15 rugby.

TVNZ's morning show Breakfast was forced off air after a contractor doing burnouts in the company's underground carpark set off a fire alarm.

RadioLive has taken a big hit in the latest Auckland radio ratings, losing about 40 per cent of its audience.

Millie Elder has tattooed a picture of her late father Paul Holmes on her thigh.

Guyon Espiner and Duncan Garner have done some intelligent television in their different ways. When they teamed up on TV3 for a programme billed "a new kind of current affairs", I looked forward to it.

Broadcasting veteran Phillip Leishman is gravely ill with an aggressive form of cancer that returned after an operation to remove a brain tumour.

The emasculation of the news and current affairs department, the shrinking of current affairs output, the saturation of primetime with cheap reality dross, imported formats for local talent shows.