Media and marketingAPN shares rally after capital raisingShares rallied at the start of trading on the ASX after APN successfully raised A$160 million through a rights issue.12 May 11:19 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Merger talk a sign of the timesCOMMENT: Two media giants into one? Changed market makes NZME-Fairfax tie-up a real prospect.12 May 05:00 PM
BDBDMedia and marketingFairfax's NZ assets worth only pennies to stock price, brokerage saysFairfax Media's New Zealand business is worth just 5 Australian cents to the cmpany's stock price, a brockerage says.12 May 02:14 AM
Media and marketingAPN and Fairfax pursue merger discussionAustralia's APN and rival publisher Fairfax say they are in talks to merge their NZ businesses which would create the biggest stand-alone media company.11 May 05:00 PM
BDBDMedia and marketingDemerger can attract buyersAPN News & Media and its NZME unit in New Zealand would become more attractive takeover targets after demerging.11 May 05:00 PM
Media and marketingNZME, Fairfax in talks to create giantAPN News and Media and Fairfax Media are in "exclusive talks" to fold their local operations - NZME and Fairfax NZ - into a listed NZ media company.10 May 10:20 PM
Media and marketingNZME CEO - merger a 'coming together of equals'The proposed merger is tipped as building a business with the scale needed to compete with global media platforms.10 May 10:10 PM
Media and marketingAPN-Fairfax merger speculation continuesAs APN prepares to announce a potential A$200 million capital raising, speculation around a New Zealand merger with Fairfax continues.09 May 08:40 PM
Media and marketingNZME-Fairfax merger not impossible: analystsA merger between the New Zealand operations of NZME and Fairfax Media would require Commerce Commission approval, say analysts.09 May 09:05 AM
BDBDMedia and marketingAPN shares in trading haltShares in the Australian parent of Herald publishers NZME are in a trading halt pending the release of an announcement to the market.09 May 01:15 AM
BDBDMedia and marketingFairfax NZ earnings drop as print sales fallFairfax Media's New Zealand division posted a 12 percent drop in first-half earnings as online revenue gains didn't offset the ongoing advertising decline in print publications.18 Feb 11:00 PM
Media and marketingDozens of Fairfax jobs on the lineDozens of New Zealand jobs are in the air after Fairfax Media decided to end an experiment sharing work between its Australian and New Zealand operations.16 Feb 03:53 AM
Media and marketingMedia rivals join forces in new local ad exchangeNZ's big media players have formed a new advertising exchange.07 Oct 09:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Paul Henry show fails ratings testIt has been a spluttering start for the Paul Henry show and alarm bells should be ringing at MediaWorks, writes John Drinnan.28 May 08:58 AM
Media and marketing160 Fairfax staff asked to re-applyAround 20 editorial jobs look likely to go at Fairfax Media New Zealand under the latest restructuring plans.28 May 04:25 AM
Banking and financeRich lister launches defamation proceedings against FairfaxRich-lister Stephen Jennings has launched defamation action against Fairfax Media and a senior journalist Michael Field about Jennings' business activities in Russia and Kenya.06 May 11:13 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Fairfax's photo nightmare - I told you soFairfax Media's decision to ship up to eight million historic NZ news photographs and negatives to Little Rock, Arkansas, for "digitising" has proved perilous.14 Apr 09:28 PM
New ZealandTaonga pics caught in US lawsuitThe fate of an invaluable archive of up to 8 million historic New Zealand newspaper photographs and negatives is before the courts in Little Rock, Arkansas.14 Apr 05:00 PM
Media and marketingStation buy swells APN's radio footholdAPN News & Media has increased its presence in the Australian broadcasting scene through the purchase of Perth radio station 96FM from rival publisher Fairfax Media.22 Dec 04:30 PM
BDBDMedia and marketingFairfax reverses slide in NZ earningsFairfax Media reversed a slide in earnings from its NZ business as cost cutting helped make up from a continued decline in advertising and circulation.14 Aug 01:11 AM
BDBDMedia and marketingAPN to print Fairfax papersFairfax Media has reached agreement with rival APN News & Media to have its newspapers printed at APN's modernised print facility in Auckland.27 Jun 12:30 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Is Campbell Live going over the top?Campbell Live has been on a ratings high, providing advertising dollars to match critical acclaim, writes John Drinnan. But in my opinion it's in danger of getting carried away with itself.13 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Computer mags face chopFairfax Media is set to scrap Computerworld, NZ PC World and Reseller News magazines next week, writes John Drinnan. "They have been marginal for some time," said Fairfax Magazines general manager Lynley Belton.06 Jun 09:30 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Plan to ship cultural heritage staggeringBrian Rudman asks: "Should we be shipping this cultural heritage off to a commercial collector of photographic libraries in the United States for safe-keeping?"07 May 05:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanMedia: Hosking plugs car and KeyHosking cosies up to the PM, Wallace Chapman returns to advertorial, the future of Fairfax's Auckland Now and Maori TV launches a website.31 Jan 04:30 PM
