All Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be the best advertisement yet for media training.

Mobile advertisement developer Snakk Media plans to tap investors for $2 million and shift over to the fledgling NXT market from the NZAX.

Is it right to be worried about Murdoch's new part stake in National Geographic's media arm?

There's a problem with the male-female mix on television at 7pm, writes John Drinnan.

This is the age when youth shades into adulthood, writes James Meffan. Much literature that really engages people at this stage in life deals with transition and change.

What this ban highlights, is that far from being the 'poor sister' to fact, fiction can be seen by some, to be just as dangerous, writes Dana Wensley.

The SFO has laid charges against Victor John Clarke, a former director of failed media company MediaWeb, for alleged offending involving $2.2 million.

John Campbell starts work on Monday and Radio New Zealand appears confident that staff tensions over his takeover of Checkpoint have been resolved.

Researchers have come up with a list of words appearing in the financial press that may prove to be parlous augers for stock prices.

Matilda Rice has quit her sales job at MediaWorks to go work for the opposition.

The layoffs come after Michael Bloomberg's return about a year ago following three terms as New York mayor.

Privatisation is unlikely, but the Government is looking at other ways for TVNZ to get friendly with the private sector, writes John Drinnan.

If I do anything in the various non-journalistic roles I have, it's to promote good people and good ideas and good outcomes, writes Mike Hosking.

Sky TV's emerged from its first year of viable pay TV competition with only a few scratches.

When the Peters-Hosking stoush erupted, many must have asked themselves: whose side should I take or, for that matter, do I have a dog in this fight?

Talk radio tends to have a conservative audience and when he appears in the Herald Hosking's opinion is one of many. But TV has a pervasive influence, writes John Drinnan.

An initial public offer and float of NZME - publisher of the New Zealand Herald - is still a possibility, says the company's owner, Sydney-based APN News & Media.

Hosking is a National Party stooge, writes Winston Peters. So much so, his show should be counted against National's electoral advertising.

Air New Zealand says its experience with Warner Bros and The Hobbit helped it secure rights to the Sony Pictures movie Men In Black for the airline's latest safety video.

Weaker circulation sales reflected stable subscription revenue offset by "continued pressure on retail sales".

The Smalley debate brings up the importance for diversity in media. But empathy for minorities is just as important, writes Lee Suckling.

How long before one super-agency promotes film and TV alike?, asks John Drinnan.

One lucky Kiwi managed to add a cool $2 billion to their fortune this year.

Hollywood is as eager as ever for Chinese money, courting investors, including state-owned enterprises.

She used to be naughty and not nice, but now the broadcaster is living a much more proper life ... although there is the matter of the stationery.

"I am hoping that when we launch our new 7pm current affairs show, Story, it will give us a boost," Mark Jennings says.

The newspaper, first published in 1888 , has been sold to Japanese publisher Nikkei Inc. for 844 million pounds.

British publishing firm Pearson is considering a sale of the Financial Times.

Finance Minister says Chinese counterparts have expressed concern to him, saying debate on foreign buyers more "hard-edged" in NZ than in other countries.