Big guns blindside start-up news business with ComCom info dump
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) - The country's two largest news publishers blindsided a start-up competitor involving two of the country's most experienced journalists, publishing a marketing pitch for a revamped Newsroom service as part of their submissions suppor...
ComCom way outside its remit in NZME/Fairfax merger rejection, say submissions
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission has strayed far beyond its governing legislation by making what amount to "social policy" judgments in its draft rejection of the proposed merger between New Zealand's two largest news publishers, NZME and Fa...
NZ Windfarms looks to maiden dividend
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) - The revitalised board of struggling electricity producer New Zealand Windfarms is exploring ways to pay a maiden interim dividend in the current financial year, the new chairman Rodger Kerr-Newell told shareholders at the annual mee...
Fonterra high-flier resigns to seek Wellington Central nomination for National
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Senior Fonterra executive Nicola Willis has resigned her Auckland-based position to seek nomination for the National Party in the Labour-held seat of Wellington Central. Willis was a senior adviser to Prime Minister John Key from...
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