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AT&T, in abrupt turn, will shed media business in deal with Discovery

New York Times: Transaction will combine HBO and CNN with Oprah Winfrey's OWN and HGTV.

Paul Catmur: How to avoid being fired

A few simple strategies can help you avoid getting the chop.

BBC journo Martin Bashir quits amid probe into Diana interview

Bashir's bombshell 1995 interview with the Princess of Wales made his career.

Damien Venuto: It's been 26 years. Why is online advertising still so terrible?

The first online ad was published in 1994. Things have gone downhill ever since.

Why businesses shouldn't engage with customer complaints on Twitter

Harvard Business Review: Responding publicly comes with some major drawbacks.

Paul Catmur: Career advice to the mediocre - Get a job, any job

Sometimes being useful is more important than being brilliant, writes Paul Catmur.

How a punch in the face prompted a career change - and to running one of NZ's biggest ad agencies

This is Angela Watson's gritty story of working your way up from the bottom.

Kiwi ad agency named best in the world

Special Group has claimed yet another accolade.

Vaccine passports: The questions that still need to be answered

There's still a long road to a universally accepted vaccine passport.

Damien Venuto: Influencers receiving freebies in for a tax surprise

Influencers need to think carefully about what they accept, writes Damien Venuto.

Why buy a yacht when you can buy a newspaper?

New York Times: One way billionaires can still win plaudits is by buying newspapers.

Leighton Smith: Taking the groupthink out of journalism

Opinion: 'The battle of ideas can't be fought with censorship,' said George Williams.

Netflix's dominance starts to slow as rivals gain

New York Times: Netflix still rules the streaming universe, but not like it used to.

With $647m Knives Out deal, Netflix signals it's in the franchise business

New York Times: The TV streaming gold rush of 2017 now seems to have migrated to film.

'I don't believe in trained planners': The adman who set up a new shop as Covid hit

Adman Ben Goodale on what it's been like building a new business through Covid.

Evidence Huawei staff were able to eavesdrop on 6.5m Dutch

The allegations will raise fresh fears over the use of the Chinese company's tech.