A group appointed to deal with online abuse, NetSafe, received about 100 calls yesterday after opening its assistance phone line for the first time.

Mediawatch – Claims the proximity of the moon and homosexuality caused quakes surfaced in the media this week. Should they have simply been ignored?

Mediawatch – When disaster strikes, the demand for news is immediate and intense – but the chaos can make it harder for the media to get the news people want.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been taken to task by Prime Minister John Key over his company tax arrangements.

A car will drive itself throught the streets of Tauranga today – a first for New Zealand.

Facebook will no longer allow advertising for certain things to exclude people from its ads based on race or ethnicity, it says.

Mediaworks presenter Paul Henry will quit morning television, and the company’s current affairs show Story has been axed.

A magazine and a journalist have been ordered to pay $US3 million in damages over a false article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.

Shares in NZME have slumped after the Commerce Commission revealed it planned to turn down the media company’s merger with Fairfax.

The Commerce Commission is planning to decline to authorise the merger between media giants Fairfax and NZME, it has revealed this morning.