Mediaworks
NZ's media industry facing uncertain future
New Zealand's media industry is reeling after two major announcements today. Bill Ralston joins the Panel to discuss the changing media landscape. Audio
Stuff chief executive buys company, Mediaworks cuts jobs
Media commentator, and former editor in chief of the NZ Herald, Tim Murphy talks about the tough times facing the media right now and today's developments Audio
MediaWorks cutting 130 jobs
MediaWorks is cutting 130 jobs as it deals with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
News bosses grapple with the collapse of their funding model
Media executives used yesterday's Epidemic Response Select Committee to criticise government for advertising with Facebook and Google instead of them. Lurking behind the anger and appeals for help was… Audio
Bauer media to close, magazines to go
The German company, Bauer which publishes many magazine titles, including the Listener and the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Metro, and North and South - has shut down its operations here citing the… Audio
A fresh survey of the worrying state of New Zealand media companies
Our Fourth Estate is "collapsing" according to Winston Peters. This week he set out what he wants as the coalition government ponders a new policy for the media - due to be unveiled any day now. But… Audio
Academic sounds warning about media diversity
Dr Melanie Bunce, who's a reader in journalism at the University of London, has written an opinion piece for the NZ Herald warning that the media landscape in New Zealand is in grave danger - and it's… Audio
The Panel with Alexia Russell and Shane Te Pou (Part 1)
The National Party is floating a series of "hard-line" policies on social welfare, including whether to require sole parents to have their child fully immunised in order to receive a benefit. More… Audio
TV sell-off prompts political response
MediaWorks' move to cut off its TV arm has swung the spotlight onto the government's plans for broadcasting. Politicians sent out distinctly mixed messages this past week ranging from staged… Audio
Mediawatch for 20 October 2019
MediaWorks TV on the block; comedy cuts point to bigger TV problems; rugby TV deal creates claims of conflicts and compromise Audio
MediaWorks TV on the block - what next?
Broadcasting company MediaWorks intends to sell off its television operations, putting TV channels Three, ThreeLife, the joint-venture Bravo and news service Newshub in limbo - and hundreds of jobs… Audio
MediaWorks wants out of money-losing free-to-air TV
MediaWorks is looking for buyers of Television Three. Audio
Mediaworks to sell NZ TV operation
MediaWorks has announced it intends to sell its TV operation, including TV3. Earlier this week, it announced it was cancelling or heavily scaling back some of Three's biggest shows. MediaWorks… Audio
Sudden comedy cuts no laughing matter for MediaWorks
Broadcaster MediaWorks is cutting key local TV comedies. Mediawatch says it’s a further sign of the company’s deepening problems and wider troubles in free-to-air television. And it is also a headache… Audio
Mediaworks cutting back local content
Mediaworks cutting back on local content production. Duncan Grieve from the Spin Off joins the discussion to talk about why they are turning their backs on local shows. Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis - BSA on mosque attacks coverage
Gavin talks to Lynn about the just released Broadcasting Standards Authority decision on four complaints lodged over New Zealand broadcast coverage of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Also, Nine and… Audio
Media company calls out its rival and the government
Struggling news media companies have been lobbying the government behind the scenes for some time. On Thursday broadcaster MediaWorks put it all out in the open, telling the minister responsible its… Audio
Mediaworks kills the video star
New Zealand no longer has a local music TV channel after MediaWorks took Edge TV off the screen last week.
Five years after promising ‘radio with pictures on steroids’ it seems the effects have… Audio
'Leaving Neverland' prompts Jackson radio blackout
While TVNZ was clearing out four hours of prime time to air a heavily-hyped documentary about Michael Jackson's alleged crimes against children, radio networks here were quietly easing his music off… Audio
Roastbuster’s re-emergence reopens old wounds
Newshub aired an interview with a member of the notorious Roastbusters this week. Joseph Parker turned out to be partly penitent but more concerned about himself than his victims. Was it worth putting… Audio