Andrew Holden
Media commentator Andrew Holden: North and South is back
Déjà vu, North & South hits the magazine stands along with new publication Thrive. Andrew also talks about the renaming of regional paper. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden - remembering Robert Fisk
The legacy of foreign correspondent Robert Fisk. For more than 40 years he covered the Middle East, including the war in Syria and Lebanon, five Israeli invasions, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet… Audio
Media in the Trump years, BBC's impartiality rules
Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at what four years of Donald Trump has taught the media and whether he's managed to game the old-school journalists' commitment to covering "both sides" of the… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew talks to Kathryn about Newshub's political editor Tova O'Brien becoming even more well known, with an opinion piece for The Guardian on her Jami-Lee Ross interview. And he has an update on the… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew casts an eye over the election coverage, looking at how the media performed across the long campaign covering policy and fact-checking. Andrew Holden was a journalist for more than 30 years… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew and Kathryn discuss the Court of Appeal's ruling on an earlier High Court decision on the Steven Joyce - NBR defamation action.
Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Is it the turning of the tide for how digital companies treat newsrooms?. Google will pay $1 billion to news publishers around the world over the next three years and let them make more editorial… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Online figures for readership of the NZ Herald and Stuff, and it's the first election debate tonight. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Media commentator Andrew Holden joins Kathryn to talk about the Herald's good readership results, the small private equity fund that's bought into NZME, Sky's slight drop in profit and the financial… Audio
Discovery to buy Mediaworks' TV arm, TV news ratings wars
Media commentator Andrew Holden joins Kathryn to talk about the move by Discovery Inc to buy Mediaworks' TV operations. When it comes to the TV news, why does TVNZ keep out-rating Newshub? And Munted… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Opinion polls - was TVNZ's latest political opinion poll truly rogue, and does it matter? And why do media outlets continue to pay for political opinion polls? Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Which magazines from the Bauer stable will survive, and with which talent? Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew talks to Kathryn about information leaked to journalists and the decisions to be made about protecting the source. Audio
Thousands of jobs lost in Tiwai Point closure
Southlanders have been thrown into turmoil with Rio Tinto's announcment today it will wind down the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter resulting in the direct loss of almost 1,000 jobs and another 1,600… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew talks to Kathryn about Stuff quitting facebook. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew puts the spotlight on news coverage of the quarantine issues and he also talks to Lynn about a big story out of Australia, the two year investigation into a former High Court Justice sexually… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew talks to Kathryn about the sale of Bauer's Australian and New Zealand magazines to Mercury Capital, but will all the titles survive? NZME has a new chair and TVNZ job cuts extend to the news… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Andrew takes a look at NZME's subscription upswing, TVNZ job cuts and the NBR having to pay Steven Joyce's legal costs. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of… Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
NZME's annual meeting is on Thursday, with pressure from shareholders following an announcement last week that no dividends will be paid before July 2021. Audio