BusinessMarket Watch: Are global banking woes behind us?Market Watch: Are global banking woes behind us? Video / NZ Herald Watch03 Apr 06:11 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: What's a celebrity really worth?COMMENT: Calling newsreading an 'artistic pursuit' might be a bit rich.27 Jul 06:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Hilary Barry's Breakfast role safeTVNZ says it is happy with the cast of its morning show.20 Jul 06:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Maori TV: $11m, RNZ: ZeroCOMMENT: Bill English gave Maori TV n a $10.6 million boost in the Budget, although it has a $12.9 million nest egg built up over years of taxpayer funding.02 Jun 05:23 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanDrinnan: Big deal - beginning or ending?Some will see the proposed merger of Fairfax New Zealand and NZME as the beginning of the end of an era for New Zealand media.19 May 05:00 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
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Radio NZ weighs up asset salesCOMMENT: Radio New Zealand may sell some of its property portfolio to replenish its coffers.06 May 01:42 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: MediaWorks owner tightens reinsCOMMENT: MediaWorks owner Oaktree Capital is more closely overseeing TV3, Four and half the country's commercial radio stations.28 Apr 09:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Throwing away key to the lockupCOMMENT: It's easy to see the leaking of an official cash rate decision from a Reserve Bank lockup as a one-off mistake by MediaWorks.21 Apr 09:29 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Taxpayer funding current affairs showsCOMMENT: New Zealand On Air is continuing on a path towards taxpayer funding for TV network current affairs shows.08 Apr 02:26 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Shedding light on LightboxCOMMENT: Spark-owned Lightbox is developing its pay TV offering and an announcement on its next move is expected soon.31 Mar 10:15 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: PM's squabbles come at a costCOMMENT: Incidents involving three freelancers questioning the Government have led to costly legal action.23 Mar 07:06 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Filthy Rich lacks courage as networks become more risk-averseCOMMENT: Free-to-air networks are fighting for a bigger share of diminishing TV advertising revenue, and drama is at the costly edge of that battle.18 Mar 01:45 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanThey do things differently in Maori broadcastingWhy did a row involving Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee challenging Willie Jackson wind up before a Crown entity, asks John Drinnan.10 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: On-demand services boostedMediaWorks is taking initiatives to improve its on-demand offering on 3Now.03 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Campaigners for screen sectorOver the years, John Barnett and Dave Gibson have fought to get funding for their respective film and TV dramas.10 Dec 08:26 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Maori show mooted for TV3Current affairs programme would be 100% taxpayer funded.03 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Sharp comedy snares subsidiesTraditional media are adapting as they strive to hold on to their share of advertising dollars with digital and video markets continuing to rise.26 Nov 08:35 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Houses trump big new studio for Auckland$90 million Hobsonville development plan abandoned partly due to big housing crisis.19 Nov 10:10 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Little light on illicit movie salesThe Mt Wellington movie pirating operation shut down by Hollywood studios was run by a New Zealand representative sportsman.12 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Hager case bad PR, not disasterThere has been some minor brand damage for Westpac, because the incident goes to the heart of two key elements of all bank brands: trust and privacy, writes John Drinnan.29 Oct 08:27 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Weldon still in the driver's seatOaktree Capital is still backing MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon, amid persistent rumours of change at the top, writes John Drinnan.08 Oct 09:22 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Is Xena coming back to NZ?Hollywood interests are believed to be behind at least one of the two contenders to develop an Auckland Council-backed film studio at Hobsonville, writes John Drinnan.01 Oct 08:25 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: RNZ relaxes the moonlighting rulesHigh-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.24 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanHow Mr Grumpy turned into Mr NiceAll Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be the best advertisement yet for media training.17 Sep 05:00 PM
