Gavin Ellis

Gavin Ellis admits to being confused by the newspaper industry, which reports rising readership amid declining circulation and a push for baby boomer advertising while pitching content at the under… Audio

Media commentator Gavin Ellis tells Kathryn Ryan about filling out his local body election voting forms with no help from news media in ranking candidates for the Auckland District Health Board. He… Audio

Media matters with Gavin Ellis including a look at the changes to NZ on Air funding in the changed media landscape. Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks media matters with Gavin Ellis, including a Press Council ruling against the New Zealand Woman's Weekly which may pose new issues for coverage of domestic abuse. Audio

Why is the Key Government afraid to confront the need for fundamental changes to media regulation? Is Amy Adams' proposed bill mere tinkering? Audio

Gavin Ellis on the Commerce Commission adopting a more realistic timeframe and delaying its decision on the merger of Fairfax NZ and NZME. Also film critic Peter Calder has resigned after 30 years at… Audio

A former editor warns the weakening of the news media threatens our right to know - a right we tend to take for granted. How should the media respond? Video, Audio

Our right to know is being eroded and official information is assessed for political risk before it is authorised for release. Do New Zealanders care? Gavin Ellis issues some serious warnings in a new… Audio

The NZME/Fairfax Olympics ban has seen both newspaper groups fully availing themselves of the "fair use" provision of the Copyright Act to access SkyTV video. And does the demise of Saatchi's Chairman… Audio

Should the media identify mass shooters, when the purpose of their carnage is fame and death. Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to RNZ's political editor Jane Paterson on the announcement that David Bain will not receive compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Rather, he has been given an ex-gratia payment… Audio

Gavin Ellis tackles the vexing question about whether media should identify mass shooters, when the killers are seeking fame and death. Audio

Farewell to RNZ's Spectrum's 44 year long run and a look at the role journalistic organisations still play in public discourse. Audio

Gavin Ellis is looking at the influence Beijing has over New Zealand based Chinese language media and also on the news media falling for PR pitches about products. Audio

How media startup website the Spinoff is filling a gap by attracting an impressive list of contributors, and New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham's passing led to a legion of tributes that… Audio

Is the British press ruing it's support of Brexit? And why newspaper readership is rising while circulation continues to fall? Audio

Native advertising, or sponsored content in media speak, is creeping further up websites and news apps. Audio