PwC is forecasting ups and downs in the NZ media and entertainment sector over the next four years punctuated by disruptive digital technology.

Sky TV is catching up with the move to online television by developing the subscription video on demand service Neon and building catch-up services such as Sky Go.

Latest readership figures show our combined print and online audience lifting to 844,000 readers a day and 1.34 million across the week.

The publishing industry is using online tools to tailor its publications to what readers want — which means what’s hot on the web is what comes off the printing press.

A NZ on Air report into media consumption has concluded that kiwis are sticking to traditional platforms despite the big push toward to digital.

Playboy is getting more time to transform itself into a licensing company from an aging publisher as readers desert print.

Bright. I was always bright. I had bronchial issues for most of my childhood which meant quite a bit of time off school and I liked that, sitting around reading books and comics.

Diversionary tactics and John Key's popularity have worked, and Labour is not getting a chance to promote its policies, writes John Drinnan. National has developed a 'media network'.

Exceltium Corporate & Public Affairs owner Matthew Hooton is crowing from the rooftops after the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust won a victory against the body that decides its ratepayer funding.

Newspapers are at the coalface of the media revolution this year as they push ahead with the switch in focus from print publications to online, writes John Drinnan.

Advertisers are warning of a "tipping point" in the value of TV time that will affect spending habits this year.

Simon Bridges' "uncontrolled blowout" on TV's 'Campbell Live' while discussing deep sea oil drilling was probably due to personal animosity with the host.

A little piece of Paris and a part of media history steps into a new era today when the International Herald Tribune dies and is reborn as the International New York Times.

Slow progress in completing an inquiry is fuelling concern that the Commerce Commission is backing away from challenging Sky TV's hold on video content.

Editorial: The Law Commission's final suggestions for media regulation were tabled in Parliament yesterday and they are a good deal better than its proposal of 15 months ago.

New Zealand Post has appointed Christina Domecq as chief executive for its directories division, The Localist.

Ireland's Independent News & Media has been successful in engineering a major exodus from the APN News & Media board, and in putting a stop to a planned capital raising.

More than 60 per cent of New Zealanders believe they're paying too much for broadband, a new survey that examines our online habits shows.

The Government expects to make announcements about the future of film and television production grants worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Police are investigating the violent abuse of a group of French women on a Melbourne bus, captured on video and posted on YouTube by another passenger.

On TV, there is a shady mystique to the job of a private investigator. The reality is one of hard work and sometimes operating at the edge of the law.

Not every Tom, Dick or Harry's views deserve to be treated as expert and aired in public discourse, writes Patrick Stokes.

Today's edition of the New Zealand Herald marks a profound change in the way we bring you the news. After 148 years and nine months of daily publication, its also stakes its claim to a clear and important role in the digital world.