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The Gong Show

Off to the Qantas Media Awards tonight at the Hyatt in Auckland.
I was entered as a columnist by my colleagues at Idealog but the word is I haven't won. Hamish Coney, our erudite arts columnist may get the nod though. It will be nice to socialise with the team. I don't see them much these days and HB Media is growing like topsy with another title in the wings. Ah, I remember when it was just the two lads, Martin and Vincent tucked away in a borrowed office at AUT…I guess one of the problems with being a publisher is that you can never really tell your own story - even if it would fit into the context of a title like Idealog quite happily.

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