Gavin Ellis
New media defence against defamation claims
Gavin Ellis says New Zealand media law has taken a significant step forward with the creation of a new defence against defamation claims - the public interest. Also, award-winning cartoonist Jim… Audio
Will Stuff be sold?
Gavin Ellis believes the Nine Network takeover of Fairfax spells the certain sale of the Stuff group in New Zealand. The Christchurch Star has been bought in a deal that keeps it in the family. And… Audio
Offensive words, racial and cultural slurs
Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at the words that offend us. The Broadcasting Standard Authority's 2018 survey has added racial and cultural slurs but we continue to be most offended by the same… Audio
New broadcasting funding
Media commentator Gavin Ellis says the allocation of $15 million in new broadcasting funding does not bode well for the concept of a multi-platform public service media system. And Canada's Globe &… Audio
Spotlight on UK, NZ and Australian media
Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at a rift within Australian media over a boycott of the Pacific Islands Forum, a profit increase for the Independent in London, and the NZ Media Council upholds a… Audio
RNZ departures and social responsibility codes
Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at the recent high profile departures from RNZ, and the Advertising Standards Authority's new code, which includes social responsibility as the first rule. Gavin… Audio
The pitfalls of politicians straying into comedy
Media commentator Gavin Ellis' take on politicians trying to be funny on radio and how that often backfires. Should Simon Bridges should have learned from John Key's experience. And, how is the NZ… Audio
Media guidelines for reporting on mental health
Gavin Ellis runs through new guidelines from the Mental Health Foundation for reporting on mental health and the Broadcasting Standards Authority on use of social media seek to minimise harm. Gavin… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The Court of Appeal NZME/Stuff merger hearing has finished but is it the last throw of the dice; Paul Dacre's legacy at Britain's Daily Mail and decades after it thought it had done a deal over the… Audio
Media reaction to the journalist who faked his death
Media commentator Gavin Ellis has the reaction to the the Russian journalist who agreed to fake his own death: Damned if he did, dead if he didn't? Also the Sunday Star Times' embarrassing 200-year… Audio
Media: Stay of execution for the Kaikoura Star
The Kaikoura Star threatened with the chopping block has had a reprieve: NZ media collaborate with Greenpeace to put the fishing industry under the microscope and a civil claim brought by National… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis joins Lynn to talk through the media reaction to Labour's first budget in 10 years, the pot allocated to public broadcasting and the lack of escape from royal wedding fever. Gavin Ellis is… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis joins Kathryn to look back over the winners of last week's Voyager Media Awards; are rules needed for journalists going on news junkets and does NZ need a single radio ratings system… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin joins Kathryn to talk about "The Right To Be Forgotten" which has raised questions among journalists over whether they are bound by New Zealand Clean Slate Act. What do the experts say? Last… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin talks to Kathryn about the limits of free speech, UK paper circulations and further cost savings from Stuff with the move from broadsheet to tabloid daily newspapers. What effect will that have… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran and RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson emphasise not to expect a big bang for RNZ+; EU court backs convicts' 'right to be forgotten' by search engines. Gavin Ellis is… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Will TVNZ and Spark make the Rugby World Cup more accessible than Sky and the excellent Commonwealth Games coverage. Veteran journalist Barry Soper is prevented from transiting through the US. Is it… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Investment funds eye up TV3 and Fairfax regional papers both here and in Australia; how has the sinking of the Wahine been remembered in 50th anniversary commemorations; NZME has advertised the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
With Facebook under pressure, what will this mean for news media who rely heavily on it to reach audiences; an Information Authority with real teeth as proposed by constitutional lawyers Geoffrey… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin responds to the sudden resignation of RNZ senior manager Carol Hirschfeld; Stuff's latest diversification scheme - Stuffpix - which takes it into the already crowded market for streamed video… Audio