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Top Models go under 'knife'

Digitally altered photos of <i>NZ's Next Top Model</i> entrants have been slammed as an "appalling" attempt to make the models appear thinner than they are.

Veitch on the way back

Tony Veitch appears set to return as a full-time radio host, two years after a domestic incident which left him shame-faced and unemployed.

TVNZ delivering dividends 'at any cost', Labour says

Broadcaster stands by its man

TV3 has put out a press release denying the broadcaster is questioning the future of current affairs show <i>Campbell Live</i>.

TVNZ boosts profit after cost cutting

<i>Media</i>: TV3 checking pulse of Campbell Live

TV3 owner MediaWorks is questioning if the nightly <i>Campbell Live</i> is sustainable on its present ratings.

<i>Glee</i> gets Billy Joel

<i>Glee</i> bosses are planning a special Billy Joel episode.

Paul Henry in trouble over jibe at doctors

TVNZ has apologised for a comment by presenter Paul Henry that overseas-trained doctors can't be as good as those trained in NZ.

Election's a mystery to One News

<i>Media</i>: Big media firms making moves

Six big media firms are making moves as the industry shifts towards digital and recovers from the recession.

Television awards finalists announced

The television finalists have been announced for this year's Qantas Film & Television awards. Both film and television awards will be presented together at a red-carpet event on September 18.

TVNZ CEO cleared over credit card bill

Minister calls for TV boss's card details

Television New Zealand boss Rick Ellis's $140,000 credit card spending in two years sounds high, Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman says, but he will reserve judgment until he hears from the state broadcaster's board today.

Distributors say TiVo getting better reception

Public sector bosses' spending revealed

Public sector bosses have racked up thousands of dollars on fine dining.

<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs

Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.

Paul Henry fires up for his 50th

Paul Henry says he feels "37 and three months" and has the hair of a 40-year-old.

<i>Sue Abel</i>: A question of balance

Auckland University senior lecturer Sue Abel addresses the issue of balance in TV news, and the relative lack of Maori voices in mainstream news bulletins, in the third in a series of lectures discussing the state and future of journalism.