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Mediawatch for 5 April 2020
Mediawatch looks back at a week in which the Covid-19 crisis hit the media hard. Radio Sport went off air, a government ban on magazines angered publishers - and one of them pulled the plug on our…
AudioTopp fan mourns end of Woman's Weekly
Jean Topp, 89, on the death of the magazine she started buying as a teenager and which later put her daughters, the Topp Twins, on the cover.
Bauer Media closure ends Women's Weekly after 88 years
The 88-year-old New Zealand Woman's Weekly is one of the magazines closing after Bauer Media announced yesterday it was folding its Kiwi operation.
The magazine has been around since December 1932.
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Coronavirus: Famous Māori livestream videos for lockdown
Māori celebrities and experts are giving online tutorials to help thousands of children keep up their reo Māori during the Level Four lockdown.
TV host Stacey Morrison, singer Pere Wihongi and… Audio
Bauer announces immediate closure of major NZ magazines
The media landscape has taken another dramatic turn with Bauer Media announcing the immediate closure of iconic titles like the Listener, Metro, New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Woman"s Day, Next and North… Audio
Bauer Media NZ folds and media fragility exposed during crisis
Wendyl Nissen joins the discussion on Bauer Media closing it's New Zealand arm, shutting down some of the countries longest running weekly magazines. Audio
Why did Bauer blow up the business so soon?
The sudden closure today of New Zealand’s most popular magazines shocked the media industry and the government - not to mention the company's own customers, many of whom have bought its magazines…
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Why did Bauer blow up the business so soon?
The sudden closure today of New Zealand’s most popular magazines shocked the media industry and the government - not to mention the company's own customers, many of whom have bought its magazines…
AudioMagazine publisher Bauer Media folds
The publisher of some of the country's best-known magazines has shut its doors. Audio
NZ's biggest magazine publisher closes due to Covid-19
The publisher of some of the country's best known magazines, including the Listener, North and South and Women's Weekly, has folded, with 237 people losing their jobs.
Bauer Media has announced it… Audio
Bauer media to close, magazines to go
The German company, Bauer which publishes many magazine titles, including the Listener and the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Metro, and North and South - has shut down its operations here citing the… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
In this week's edition of Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about commercial media companies' rapidly escalating struggles, coverage of the actual pay and conditions of our essential… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
Hayden Donnell joins us once again. He'll cast his MediaWatch eye on Mike Hosking, essential workers, and job losses. Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - The changing face of conservation
We listen to Ngā Taonga recordings which shine a light on the changing nature of conservation over the past 100 years. Audio
Coronavirus: NZME stock plummets after job losses announced
NZME's stock has plummeted as the Covid-19 crisis cuts into the media company's advertising revenue. As a result the company has warned staff that jobs are on the chopping block at the NZ Herald and… Audio
Government rolls back Covid-19 rules for local papers
The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Radio Sport victim to COVID-19 pandemic
Radio Sport no longer broadcasting as the decision is made to shut the station down amidst mass sporting event cancellations. Audio
Government rolls back COVID-19 rules for local papers
The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Publishers had protested it might leave people without…
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Government rolls back COVID-19 rules for local papers
The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Publishers had protested it might leave people without…
AudioFirst Radio Sport - which media outlet could be next_
Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at what a drop in advertising revenue due to Covid-19 means for commercial media outlets and their future viability. With weekly magazines and community… Audio
