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The future of news on TV is still in the balance after news of planned cuts at TVNZ and the complete closure of Newshub. The government’s working on a policy but the PM has warned that media companies…

Controversial comments on co-governance, confusing criticism of the media earned the NZ First’s leader a week’s-worth of headlines and airtime - as well as the unauthorised use of an old English punk…

It is a vexed issue for many parents, how to navigate the social media tightrope with their children and be aware of the dangers.  Audio

Technology correspondent Bill Bennett breaks down the end of the relationship between Australian media and Meta, which walked away from the country's news media bargaining code.  Audio

A free speech advocate says a professor who described the Government as a "death cult" on a social media platform, should be allowed to make those comments, but should expect consequences if she does… Audio

The Newshub closure announcement, TVNZ’s slump in revenue and Meta scrapping news funding across the Tasman all threw media companies' problems into sharp relief last week - but the government…

Officials warned the Broadcasting Minister in November that media companies would soon be requesting bailouts if the government didn't progress a law forcing digital platforms to pay for local… Audio

"Click here, sign up to our news letter, tag a friend to be in to win" - it's everywhere online. But could you do a roaring trade without social media? That's a question marketing strategist Rachel… Audio

Mediawatch: TVNZ’s latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it’s the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry.  Audio

After 35 years of 6 o'clock bulletins, TV3's Newshub is likely to shutdown operations after financial losses became too big to sustain.

Up to 300 staff will lose their jobs by the end of June if the… Audio

It's the "big bang people have been fearing within media" - that's how one commentator has described the shock shutdown of TV3's Newshub. Audio

Time now for our weekly catch up with the deputy leader of the Opposition, Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

A young woman suffering from an eating disorder says TikTok is not doing enough to get rid of content that promotes disordered eating.

Eating disorders have increased by a third in the past four… Audio

Media bosses warned MPs this week journalism is in jeopardy here if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. It's based on laws already in place… Audio

A select committee is considering views on a bill that seeks a more level playing field in the digital market that our media industry operates in, where tech giants dominate. Audio

Media bosses sounded a warning in Parliament today about journalism in jeopardy and the potential damage to democracy if the Government doesn’t back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for their…

Fire and Emergency's Ben Mosby addressed the public in a media conference on the Port Hills fire in Christchurch.

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In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this… Audio

World Rugby is working with law enforcement in five countries, including New Zealand, to prosecute people involved in online abuse during last year's Rugby World Cup. Twenty-one social media accounts… Video, Audio

A new social media app has launched which aims to link up keen fishers with boaties willing to take them out.  Audio

The summer holidays are usually a dead zone for domestic political news - but the unseasonal and unexpected downfall of Golriz Ghahraman bucked the trend this month. Media copped criticism from some… Audio

The market for DVD and Blu-ray is shrinking along with the shelf space, but is it really the end for physical media, asks Dan Slevin.

Five years ago Dr Merja Myllylahti warned our news media were becoming dangerously dependent on global digital platforms which gave them online audiences but undercut their income and didn’t seem to… Audio

On the brink of collapse - that’s the stark portrayal of the state of the arts media in a new report New Mirrors, commissioned by Creative New Zealand. Audio