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'Your money or your life'
The lockdown designed to save lives has also damaged livelihoods by slowing the economy to a crawl. Some pundits and politicians are now warning in the media that health can’t always be the top…
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Mediawatch for 12 April 2020
12 Apr 2020Media beat the drum to roll back lockdown - and sound the alarm; media debate lives vs. livelihoods in COVID-19 response; surge of support for crisis-hit media; COVIDiots and corona clowns.
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Surge of support for crisis-hit media
Good journalism costs money to produce but adverting has fallen off a cliff during the COVID-19 crisis and some companies that sponsor media outfits may cut back too. But the founder of a service that…
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Covidiots and corona clowns
David Clark had a bad week, only just clinging on as health minister after breaking the rules he announced to the country. But he wasn't the only 'Covidiot' squirming under the media spotlight…
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5G conspiracy question ignites debate on press performance
As huge audiences tune into the government's daily press briefings on Covid-19, more people than ever before are seeing how the journalism sausage is made. Some of them aren't happy with the…
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Amnesia epidemic at Newstalk ZB
9 Apr 2020Newstalk ZB's most popular host Mike Hosking spent March contradicting himself on Covid-19. It seems his affliction has been catching.
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Community papers protest print ban as scented candles get essential tag
9 Apr 2020Products including high-end dressing gowns and decorative cushions have been deemed 'essential;. Community newspaper publishers are wondering why they still can't get the same treatment.
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Media commentators plead for already-announced policy
Patrick Gower, the National Party, and several political commentators have spent the week calling for government to quarantine the border. The only issue: the government had already signalled the…
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A blame guide for the Bauer Media shutdown
The announcement that Bauer Media is shutting down has been met with a flurry of conflicting recriminations. If you're unsure where to place your blame, Mediawatch is here to help.
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‘Essential service’ exclusion riles local papers
This week the government tweaked a controversial call that meant some local newspapers couldn’t be delivered during the lock-down. But some are still unable to print important local news at a time…
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Speaking truth to Bauer: a wretched week for media
As local media companies scrambled to stay in business this week, the giant German publisher of our most important magazines pulled the plug on them - and about 250 jobs - with no warning. It…
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Mediawatch for 5 April 2020
5 Apr 2020Mediawatch looks back at a week in which the Covid-19 crisis hit the media hard. Radio Sport went off air, a government ban on magazines angered publishers - and one of them pulled the plug on our…
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Mike Hosking's many contradictory takes on Covid-19
2 Apr 2020The nation’s most prominent talkback pundit has oscillated from opinion to directly-contradictory opinion with blistering speed during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Why did Bauer blow up the business so soon?
The sudden closure today of New Zealand’s most popular magazines shocked the media industry and the government - not to mention the company's own customers, many of whom have bought its magazines…
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Sudden shutdown for New Zealand's largest magazine publisher
2 Apr 2020Bauer Media was the publisher of the NZ Listener, North & South, NZ Woman's Weekly, Next, and Metro. It has cited the Covid-19 shutdown for its decision. The government has confirmed the company never…
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MediaWorks staff asked to take pay cuts as ad revenue drops
1 Apr 2020MediaWorks staff have been asked to take a 15% pay cut for six months as the company struggles to deal with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 crisis.
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Government rolls back COVID-19 rules for local papers
The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Publishers had protested it might leave people without…
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NZME staff told job losses are coming
31 Mar 2020The owner of The New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB has warned staff that job losses and major changes to the company's scope and scale are coming, as the Covid-19 crisis cuts into advertising…
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Covering a country under lockdown
29 Mar 2020Our media have plenty of ‘emergency journalism’ experience after several major disasters and crises in recent years. But covering the whole country going into lockdown was a new one - and in spite of…
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Sports news in sport-free world
While Covid-19 has created vast volumes of politics, business and health news in recent days, the sports news has been all about the absence of sports events - and filling the bulletins and channels…
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Lockdown delivery ban piles pressure on publications
28 Mar 2020Community newspaper and magazine publishers say a sudden move to stop them delivering print editions during the Covid-19 lockdown will leave many of New Zealand’s poorer and more vulnerable people…
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Stuff and NZME make cost-cutting moves as Covid-19 crisis bites
25 Mar 2020On the eve of New Zealand going into lockdown, NZME and Stuff made cost-cutting moves to stave off the financial damage being inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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An outlandish call for Covid-19 surrender
25 Mar 2020As the country moved toward lockdown, The Listener published a column calling efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19 "hysteria" and an "overreaction".
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Media strive to adapt to ‘the new normal’
22 Mar 2020The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their…
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