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Midweek Mediawatch - Stuff's bold TV play
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Stuff leaping into uncharted waters by taking on Newshub at 6. Also: TVNZ going 'beyond broadcasting,' NZ Post and… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 April 2024
9:08 AM.End of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - little light at the end of the TV news tunnel
8:45 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an historic day - not in a good way. The confirmation of the closure of Newshub and more cuts confirmed at TVNZ means more than 300… Read more Audio
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Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ
9:13 AM.TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a… Read more Audio
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People's trust in news has tumbled over the past year, survey shows
9:00 AM.The latest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news media has recorded another sharp drop. It also finds more people avoid the news- but more people say they’re still interested in it and… Read more
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Mediawatch for 7 April 2024
9:08 AM.We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government’s new political action plan gets the media’s attention. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - chunking out some decision gates
8:23 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's new chunked-out action plan, a new channel coming to the ThreeNow app - and why media companies chasing… Read more Audio
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Cranky claims drown out facts in SailGP dolphin drama
9:10 AM.There were howls of outrage when SailGP cancelled racing on Saturday after a Hector's dolphin was spotted on the course. But some of the critics were missing important context which one journalist has… Read more
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Flow of info blown off course by Gabrielle
9:08 AM.A review of the Cyclone Gabrielle response found the emergency management response was not fit for purpose - and not good for media providing critical 'real time' coverage of the disaster. But one… Read more
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Mediawatch for 31 March 2024
9:08 AM.Gabrielle review lessons for media; Dolphin drama fires up media. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the dolphin drama that divided the nation (and the media) last weekend - and royal revelations that overshadowed a terrorist atrocity in… Read more Audio
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Can news media innovate to survive?
9:10 AM.The future of news on TV is still in the balance after news of planned cuts at TVNZ and the complete closure of Newshub. The government’s working on a policy but the PM has warned that media companies… Read more
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Mediawatch for 24 March 2024
9:05 AM.Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech. Read more Audio
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A week’s-worth of headlines for media critic Winston Peters
5:57 PM.Controversial comments on co-governance, confusing criticism of the media earned the NZ First’s leader a week’s-worth of headlines and airtime - as well as the unauthorised use of an old English punk… Read more
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Midweek Mediawatch - Rod Oram; state of the Winston
10:19 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talked to Emile Donovan about Winston Peters attacking the news media in his State of the Nation speech - and the death of… Read more Audio
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TV news meltdown: what will government do?
9:10 AM.The future of TV news and current affairs is in the balance at our two biggest TV broadcasters - both desperate to cut costs as their revenue falls. The government says it’s now preparing policy to… Read more Video
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Stuff deploys AI for DIY news
9:08 AM.Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it’s also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 17 March 2024
9:08 AM.What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a manic Monday afternoon of news - cricket, Oscars, terror in the skies . . . and the… Read more Audio
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Apocalypse now for news - part 2?
9:10 AM.TVNZ’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could end up with almost no national current affairs on TV within weeks. It’s a… Read more
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Mediawatch for 10 March 2024
9:08 AM.TVNZ has proposed big cuts to news that could leave the country with only one daily TV news bulletin and almost no current affairs on TV within weeks. Read more Audio
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TVNZ axing Fair Go, Sunday, two news bulletins
10:30 AM.TVNZ is shutting down Sunday, Fair Go, 1News at Midday and 1News Tonight in an effort to keep its business "sustainable" in a declining advertising market for broadcast news. Read more
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TVNZ plans job cuts to keep company 'sustainable'
9:25 AM.Just a week after Warner Bros. Discovery's shock announcement that it plans to shut down Newshub, TVNZ has announced it intends to cut dozens of jobs. Read more
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TVNZ news staff braced for bad news
9:23 PM.Last week a plan to completely close Newshub and TVNZ’s big losses and a slump in revenue rocked the media. News on Wednesday of an announcement on Thursday about the future of news at the state-owned… Read more
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Midweek Mediawatch - it's the end of the news as we know it?
7:48 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about job cuts looming at TVNZ as its crosstown rival Newshub faces a shut-down. Also: coverage of Chris Luxon's… Read more Audio