Media

The Government has unveiled a $50m “adrenaline shot” for commercial media companies struggling with the sudden slump in revenue caused by the Covid-19 crisis - with more to come in weeks ahead. But…

The Broadcasting Minister, Kris Faafoi, has just announced a support package for the media industry.

The $50 million package includes $21 million to cut transmission fees for broadcast media for six… Audio

A song has been written about him. People have penned paeans to his extreme competence. But the media is starting to resist the deification of Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Audio

We hear recordings about the medical personnel who have served in war zones, from Gallipoli to Vietnam. Audio, Gallery

It's been a week since media companies appeared before the Epidemic Response Committee, where many pleaded for urgent government support to help them survive the Covid-19 pandemic.

NZME last week… Audio

Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Victoria University, Dr Peter Thompson, joins the discussion on moves to get tech giants to share revenue it gets from using Australian media to Stuff… Audio

The Australian government has announced around $100 million in support for its media and sectors of New Zealand's media industry are hoping the NZ government follows suit. This as Stuff asks its… Audio

A New Zealand media expert says this country should waste no time in following an Australian decision to draw up a mandatory code forcing Facebook and Google to pay for content generated by… Audio

Phil Wallington talks about his documentary Paradise Soldiers. Audio

New Zealand’s biggest news publisher Stuff is appealing to readers to fund its reporting just days after its CEO told Parliament "ongoing government support for a commercial media industry" is needed…

​The Kiwi co-founder of a successful digital publishing business in the US says the chaos of our media’s current crisis obscures an opportunity to break their dependence on dwindling volumes of ads… Audio