Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis on a new report which calculates that advertising adds $6 billion a year to the New Zealand economy. Also, in a rare show of unity Australian media bosses headed to Canberra last week to… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about two privacy issues which illustrate the complexities facing news media decision-makers, and also the chequebook waving media frenzy surrounding Schapelle… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn talks to Gavin Ellis about The Guardian's investigation into Facebook's leaked internal manuals. It gives an unprecedented insight into the blueprints Facebook has used to moderate issues such… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about the future of Fairfax Media and its New Zealand newspapers, also a new inquiry into fake news is announced in Australia. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn talks to Gavin about annual ad revenue figures showing how poorly mainstream media in NZ are handling the digital environment, and the recent premature reports of the Duke of Edinburgh's death… Audio
Fairfax/NZME merger declined
Nine to Noon media commentator, former editor of the New Zealand Herald, Gavin Ellis discusses the Commerce Commission's decision to decline the proposed merger of the country's two biggest media… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about two regulatory decisions which appear to have moved the goalposts for media. One relates to the re-use of material from Facebook pages and the second, by… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Maori Television seems a little uncomfortable in revealing one of its presenters was "100 per cent Maori" but should the network have raised the spectre of blood quantum in the first place? Gavin… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about how John Clarke's untimely death is a lost to not only television, but a host of cultural forums. Gavin also looks at the long form interview in RNZ's the 9th… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about regional newspapers like the Marlborough Express feeling the strain. Is ownership change the answer for them? And there's a major study out of the Columbia… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media Commentator, Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn Ryan about how defence chiefs have responded to allegations in the Hit & Run book by Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson, and a reminder from the BSA that… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about who should be able to call themselves journalists?, and TVNZ's CEO signalling widespread change in the organisation. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and… Audio
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Newsroom, the brainchild of two of the country's top journalists, promises journalism on things that matter. Its launch offering - with a scoop on caged chicken eggs - lived up to the promise. Also… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn Ryan about a survey of current journalists' perceptions of ethical practices. Also the latest circulation and readership results show a changing of the guard in the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about a deal between NZME and the Washington Post, which could see the New Zealand Herald gain game-changing digital technology. And Beyond Mainstream Media: two ways… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about Mediaworks new 7pm show, The Project, and should should Fairfax and NZME be worried by an adverse opinion poll on their proposed merger? Gavin Ellis is a media… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about Three's new A.M show, multi-media investigative journalism and the story which has spanned generations, The Unfortunate Experiment at National Women's Hospital… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin asks whether it's time for news organisations to ignore the lower marae altogether on Waitangi Weekend. He also looks at the harrowing recounting of Donella Knox's killing of her autistic… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
From the School of Social Sciences at Auckland University - Gavin Ellis with his first prediction for 2017. He predicts that the NZME/Fairfax merger application will go to court, with the parties… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis says Donald Trump took a calculated risk setting the attack dogs on the media on Day One of his presidency. He may be calculating that he can turn the public against the press before the… Audio