Media

The world-wide gaming industry is big. It's really big. Just ten years ago it generated over 25 billion dollars of income a year in the US alone. Last year it took in 135 billion dollars. Taking in… Audio

During the homosexual law reform campaign 35 years ago plenty of inflammatory, derogatory and sometimes downright bigoted portrayals of gay people were published and aired in our media. Some have… Audio

Facebook - freshly rebadged as ‘Meta’ - gives local news media content huge extra reach, but it covers none of the cost of creating it while snaring the bulk of the digital ad revenue it… Audio

Another Monday, another review of alert level condition for Auckland and other areas this week -  along with ample evidence in the media that the change can’t come soon enough for Aucklanders who are… Audio

Facebook's new parent company, Meta, has announced a programme for journalism in New Zealand, in which they'll provide grants and coaching to news media.

It follows action in February by Facebook to… Audio

Midweek Mediawatch - our weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately.  This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about a shake-up in news radio that made headlines - while another went under the radar… Audio

The climate change conference in Glasgow throws up highly complex issues which demand detailed knowledge by reporters there. Andrew believes Stuff is the strongest local outlet, with a dedicated… Audio

Radio broadcaster MediaWorks will launch a new talk radio network in early 2022 and has hired Newshub political editor Tova O’Brien for a new show which will shake up the morning news scene. 

There's been plenty of media coverage on the mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mental Health Foundation Shaun Robinson says a lot of it has been too simplistic, or just plain wrong.