Media and marketingBig US deal for Kiwi cinema firmKiwi cinema software developer Vista Group International has signed a deal with the second-largest theatre chain in the United States, AMC Theatres.05 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandJudge asks jurors if they'll be impartialThe judge in the Blessie Gotingco murder trial will take the rare step of asking each jury member whether they can be impartial after they have heard all the evidence.05 May 04:56 AM
LifestyleMag printed with HIV bloodA men’s magazine has printed its latest issue using ink infused with HIV-positive blood in a bid to break the taboo associated with the disease.05 May 03:35 AM
New ZealandBloodstained car part found in garageA police officer says he found a "heavily bloodstained" car part hidden in the garage of the man accused of killing Blessie Gotingco.05 May 12:51 AM
New ZealandBlessie trial in jeopardy?The story about the Blessie Gotingco case, which ran in an overseas publication, contained several comments that could result in the trial being aborted.04 May 05:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: How loss set me freeI can't believe it. I'm a finalist in the Canon media awards for my columns - in the 'humour' category, writes Deborah Hill Cone. The irony strikes "with the force of a cartoon anvil".03 May 09:32 PM
Media and marketingSky gets ready for internetSky TV is taking a big step on to the internet with a launch planned for some time in July.03 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: What now for MediaWorks?MediaWorks is now wholly owned by United States-based investment funds. Oaktree Capital was this week revealed as having increased its stake in MediaWorks - parent of TV3 - to 78 per cent. Oaktree....30 Apr 09:00 PM
EntertainmentFrom chopping block to death rowAfter a lift in ratings, broadcaster MediaWorks has extended the review of the Campbell Live indefinitely.30 Apr 05:00 PM
Media and marketingFilm studio option for ex-airbaseAn Auckland Council entity has commissioned a study into Hobsonville Point land becoming this city's Wellywood.27 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanPolitical pressure cuts both waysAn unusual aspect of the campaign to save Campbell Live is the number of people who see political meddling as a factor in its likely demise.23 Apr 09:25 PM
EntertainmentAnother senior TVNZ newswoman quitsCurrent affairs producer Briar McCormack has resigned from TVNZ and is the third senior female manager to leave the newsroom in the past few months.23 Apr 08:23 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanCampbell's knighthood crusade a ghoulish stepJohn Campbell and his team have been trying every trick in the book to try to escape TV3's death row.21 Apr 09:37 PM
OpinionNo pretty girls in provincesAs fast as they come off the production line, they sensibly up sticks for the big smoke, writes Bob Jones. "There's a reverse flow from city to country by plain, husband-seeking fat girls."20 Apr 09:38 PM
OpinionPeter Thompson: Outrage over Campbell Live overlooks a more fundamental issueMedia studies lecturer Peter Thompson says a finite pot of advertising revenue has made it less attractive to produce local content.20 Apr 12:39 AM
OpinionMatt HeathWhy John Campbell looks good in a suitWhatever happens in the John Campbell saga, one thing's for sure. The man will turn up suited up and looking good.19 Apr 08:25 PM
Media and marketingLegal action against Global Mode imminentLightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ have announced they are going ahead with legal action against CallPlus over the company's Global Mode service.17 Apr 04:09 AM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Historic photos in legal limboJohn Drinnan on Fairfax Media's Herculean task in trying to rescue its huge photo archive from a legal quagmire.16 Apr 09:30 PM
OpinionPaul ThomasPaul Thomas: Campbell's plight fires up conspiracy theoristsThere is an ideological dimension to this, writes Paul Thomas. If Campbell was studiously apolitical or unapologetically conservative, would he be getting the same level of support from the same people?16 Apr 09:30 PM
WorldCharlie Hebdo editor blasts magazine's critics from graveLeft-wing intellectuals who accused the satirical magazine <i>Charlie Hebdo</i> of going too far by publishing drawings of the Prophet Mohammad are guilty of "disgusting paternalism".16 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionNZ on Air didn't know grant would mean TV3 news cutNew Zealand On Air says it was unaware that its funding of the new 3D Investigates programme would lead to TV3 cutting half an hour off 3News on Sunday nights.15 Apr 02:45 AM
OpinionSeven ways to save Campbell LiveDon't want to see John Campbell leave your TV screen in the evenings? Then put these seven ways to save Campbell Live into action.14 Apr 10:00 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
OpinionEditorial: Hard-hitting journalism alive and wellThere has been much hyperbole in the reaction to a review by broadcaster MediaWorks of its evening current affairs show Campbell Live.14 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPM dismisses Campbell LiveJohn Key has dismissed Campbell Live, saying viewers were more interested in “light entertainment” such as Seven Sharp at that time of day.14 Apr 02:00 AM
