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Checking crucial claims in the housing debate; companies make their case for major media merger; media deals to boost China's voice; TV presenters front and centre in the news. Audio

The papers in your neighbourhood - local rags in line for a digital shakeup; two ex-editors form a new media business; a Chinese paper placed inside a local one. Audio

The news media and privacy in the social media era; regional TV rejigged; tragic journalism. Audio

A media merger to change the landscape - driven from over the ditch; Panama Papers out in the open - and back in the news; controversial column overshadows confronting campaign. Audio

A turbulent week at troubled MediaWorks; companies keeping their enemies close, and; recycling newspaper stories. Audio

Is The Herald eating TV's lunch?; natural history out of the vaults and onto the net; media punching below their weight on 'Helen4SG'  Audio

Local bids to ban begging make national news; more awkward questions about The Panama Papers - and the future of big leaks; a celebrity sex scandal overseas sparks a legal and ethical quandary here. Audio

In and out of the loop on The Panama Papers; walking all over rugby; DJs dupe a sports star's mum on the radio; harvesting clicks from Paul Henry's peeking. Audio

Lifting the lid a little on PR's pull on journalists; out from under censorship in Myanmar; Switzerland of the South?; mixed messages on Boris. Audio

The pitfalls of reporting terrorism; sanctions for anti-social social media feedback; short-changed by a short version; investigations follow the money; TVNZ's new channel for blokes. Audio

Willie Jackson, the BSA and a Maori TV no-show; an old school paper makes a bold new move; note news is good news?; mistaken identities and membership mess-ups. Audio

Change at the top of NZME; RNZ's new music arrangement; taking care of business news - online and on-air; big names, but wrong names. Audio

Current affairs drifts online - will funding follow?; charged-up debate over electric cars, and; contrasting coverage of refugee resettlement. Audio

End of an era at Mediaworks news; RNZ responds to challenge on its Maori content; how the media have met the challenges of post-quake Christchurch over the past five years. Audio

Coverage of Christchurch's quake on a sunny summer Sunday; noodle confusion; shock of the nude; is the writing on the wall for our printed papers? Audio

A Tinker, Tailor, Soldier… Journalist saga that has some Nelsonians questioning the ethics of pseudonyms. Kiwi photographer Amos Chapple on drone photography and landing a job at Radio Free Europe… Audio

TPP protests in the spotlight; copyright concerns for the media; the rising tide of clickbait; milking a story sparked by social media. Audio

Mediaworks' new news service 'Newshub' - a new name, a new newsroom, app and website - but what's new about the actual news? Also, fears for the future of reporting in the south; sponsored sports… Audio

Silly, strange and scary stories bulking up the bulletins over summer; checking out Checkpoint with John Campbell; Bowie - in memoriam ad nauseam; inadvertantly unmasking an offender. Audio

'Tis the season to be boozy; How Nicky Hager fought the law and won; The demand for on-demand video; 2015 - the Mediawatch mashup. Audio

Each week in 2015, Mediawatch looked at media coverage of issues in the news and tried to put them into context for you. For the last piece of our last show of the year, we mash them up without the… Audio

Media clamour for new 'wonder drug', the information watchdog's health check on the OIA; contrasting coverage of cycleways Audio

A warning shot for journalists; Chris Cairns caned by commentators and comedians; an unfortunate outing for an unusual advert and are TV current affairs shows an endangered species? Audio

Running it up the flagpole; bringing sad stories to life; terrible typos, spelling mistakes and non-existent names in the news; an embarrassing name that embarrassed the media. Audio