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End is nigh for Newshub, while others worry
For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then…
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Three no longer a hub for news
3 Mar 2024Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to shut down Newshub was met with mourning within the media - and also concern about what could replace it in the media ecosystem
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TVNZ's losses point to media-wide strife
1 Mar 2024Mediawatch: TVNZ’s latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it’s the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Newshub's brutal 'proposal'
28 Feb 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub’s impending demise in a ‘proposal’ from the global…
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Newshub closure: 'If we can’t make it work, who can?'
28 Feb 2024Warner Bros. Discovery plans to close its Newshub operation on June 30, ending its TV news broadcasts and online news. The company has blamed an economic downturn and decline in advertising. Around…
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Welfare and immigration set for a 'reset'
The PM’s State of the Nation speech got the media’s attention when he said welfare needs reform. He didn't mention record-level immigration but that’s also been deemed unsustainable and set for a…
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A lifeboat to keep news afloat?
Last week the great and good of New Zealand’s news media urged MPs to back a law change to make Google and Facebook pay them for their news. They say the income could be critical to the survival of…
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Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO
As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties’ anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why…
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Midweek Mediawatch - A clash of polls
21 Feb 2024In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the death of Efeso Collins, big conclusions drawn from conflicting polls - and the problems with an old media…
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MPs urged to take sides in media vs big tech tussle
Media bosses warned MPs this week journalism is in jeopardy here if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. It's based on laws already in place…
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$500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected
A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need…
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The $500,000 pedestrian crossing that wasn't
A Herald headline this week clained Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings.' The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent…
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Mediawatch for 18 February 2024
18 Feb 2024Auckland's transport turmoil reports lack full facts; publishers pitch to Parliament to make Google and Facebook pay for their news.
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Media bosses urge MPs to 'level playing field' with big tech
15 Feb 2024Media bosses sounded a warning in Parliament today about journalism in jeopardy and the potential damage to democracy if the Government doesn’t back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for their…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Retail rat-astrophe & awkward interviews
14 Feb 2024Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the Port Hills fire prompting another state of emergency; questions posed by two awkward interviews with political leaders - and the…
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Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media
In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this…
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Mediawatch for 11 February 2024
11 Feb 2024Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media; Why is Sky screening more top-dollar sport for free?
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Why Sky is screening some of its top-dollar sport for free
Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball…
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Midweek Mediawatch: Copy-and-paste Chris
7 Feb 2024In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about Chris Luxon being harangued by the media for copy-and-pasting his Waitangi Day speech, an eye-opening column…
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Does bad economic news make more headlines than good news?
Stories about surging inflation, successive food price rises and more Kiwis in arrears topped bulletins and filled front pages last year. But recent news about slowing inflation, cheaper food and…
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Todd Scott - taking a punt at NBR
4 Feb 2024It’s more than a decade since Todd Scott staked everything to buy the business news weekly where he worked, the National Business Review. Since then NBR’s gone online-only, axed ads entirely and the…
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With one last hurrah, goneburger is goneburger
4 Feb 2024When James Shaw tweeted "James Shaw goneburger" it was the zenith of one political reporter's eight-year effort to goneburger every departing politician in New Zealand. But Jo Moir is now leaving…
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Mediawatch for 4 February 2024
4 Feb 2024This week on Mediawatch, does bad news about the economy trump good news? The end of the line for goneburger?
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Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ shuffles its pack
31 Jan 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about just-announced changes to RNZ National's schedule and an RNZ news story last weekend which…
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