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RNZ's ads anger other media
Other news media companies are angry about RNZ’s new ads and claims made in the slogans. It's prompted calls to pull the campaign but RNZ says the ads aimed at broadening the audience for the…
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What’s on the radio? It's not cricket
A bummer next summer for those who like the soundtrack of ball-by-ball cricket coverage: Radio Sport couldn’t cut a deal with NZ Cricket for the live rights to matches from next season. Whyzat? Audio
Local body candidate recognition
Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn about the effect of the PR wall between local body residents and elected representatives getting higher. An RNZ survey shows the number of local government communications… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis - climate change coverage
Gavin has a bouquet for the media's treatment of the climate change campaign. Also, he says it's time for NZME to call time on supporting the Chinese New Zealand Herald over its susceptibility to… Audio
NZME makes a small net profit on falling revenue
Media company NZME has reported a big drop in profit and revenue, as it continues to focus on developing digital revenue streams and building subscriber numbers. Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin talks to Lynn Freeman about a Stuff Circuit investigation which reveals society's impotence in the battle against white supremacist use of social media. Also with NZME's half-year result out… 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
Convergence: yesterday’s buzzword the new normal
Once upon a timeour major media companies and telcos were none of each others' business. Now they are all up in each others' business because of 'convergence' driven by digital technology and the… Audio
Publishers get public backing for local news
Publicly funded reporters will be employed by news publishers around the country in a first-of-its-kind scheme unveiled today to address declines in local news coverage. It’s the result of a… Audio
Tapping the readers for revenue
For years, the country's top-selling paper talked about making online readers pay - just like subscribers to the printed paper. This week the New Zealand Herald finally did it. The ads they once… Audio
Mediawatch for 5 May 2019 - Tapping the readers for revenue
Tapping readers for revenue - the Herald puts up its paywall; NZ media freedom enters uncharted waters after Christchurch; slush and burn. Audio
NZME puts a price on its paywall
The New Zealand Herald's publisher NZME has announced digital subscriptions will be available from next week. Online readers will have to pay $5 a week for everything the Herald has to offer. It's the… Audio
Broadcaster’s blurts breach standards of decency and discrimination
Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan has been censured for Pacific Island slurs in a ruling that contains uncharacteristically strong language from the official broadcasting watchdog. 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
New deadline for Herald paywall
The Herald’s owner says the free ride will be over soon for those who like the best bits of its journalism. Its heavily-trailed online paywall will finally go up within weeks, but some important… Audio
NZME's net profit drops 44 percent, to launch paywall
The media company, NZME's annual profit has nearly halved as it battled difficult trading conditions and spent on developing new businesses. Audio
NZME expects up to 21 percent drop in FY underlying profit
The media company, NZME, expects up to a 21 percent drop in its full year underlying profit, and is unlikely to pay a final dividend because of falling advertising revenue. Audio
Have media made a mistake pushing online video prompted by Facebook's flaky figures?
The news media made a “pivot to video” partly because social media users couldn’t get enough of it. But Facebook eventually admitted its figures were flaky and now it is being sued by advertisers in… Audio
NZME gives up on merger plan
Media company NZME says it will not appeal the Court of Appeal decision knocking back its bid to merge with rival Stuff. Audio