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Mediawatch Midweek 31 October 2018
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about his attempts to come to grips with the terrorist attack on the Synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11… Video, Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 31 October 2018
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about his attempts to come to grips with the terrorist attack on the Synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11…
Video, AudioThe liberation of Le Quesnoy
This Sunday, commemorations will take place here and in Europe to mark the liberation of the French town of Le Quesnoy, by New Zealanders in World War I. Audio, Gallery
User pays for TVNZ?
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis looks at speculation from TVNZ's CEO Kevin Kenrick about the network's future. It may turn back the clock or push the network toward user-pays. Meanwhile, Spark is… Audio
Television Critic Melenie Parkes
Melenie discusses Forever, Amazon Prime, Bad Habits, Holy Orders, TVNZ 1, Tuesdays and TVNZ On Demand and The Looming Tower, Prime, Tuesdays Audio
Anna Cottrell - documentary queen
Director Anna Cottrell has been a fixture in the documentary scene here - particularly the TV doco one - for as long as any of us can remember. Her TV films are sharp, observant, intelligent and… Audio
Politics, sex and the media
On last weekend's Q+A programme, political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards declared the media and politicians "sort of have to" start reporting "what's going on beneath the bed sheets" of politicians. Medi… Video, Audio
Politics, sex and the media
On last weekend's Q+A programme, political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards declared the media and politicians "sort of have to" start reporting "what's going on beneath the bed sheets" of politicians. Medi…
Video, AudioHave media made a mistake pushing online video prompted by Facebook's flaky figures?
The news media made a “pivot to video” partly because social media users couldn’t get enough of it. But Facebook eventually admitted its figures were flaky and now it is being sued by advertisers in… Audio
Have media made a mistake pushing online video prompted by Facebook's flaky figures?
The news media made a “pivot to video” partly because social media users couldn’t get enough of it. But Facebook eventually admitted its figures were flaky and now it is being sued by advertisers in…
AudioLate to the party on slow journalism
A top UK news boss is launching a new online news service that promises to slow down digital-age news. But Delayed Gratification - proudly proclaiming to be “last with the news” - has a head start on… Video, Audio
Late to the party on slow journalism
A top UK news boss is launching a new online news service that promises to slow down digital-age news. But Delayed Gratification - proudly proclaiming to be “last with the news” - has a head start on…
Video, AudioMediawatch for 28 October 2018
Politics, sex and the media; publishers ponder the 'pivot to video'; late to the party for slow journalism. Audio
Could regional TV be on the comeback?
A group of broadcasters have formed a trust to take a proposal to the Government to make some of its reserved Freeview digital TV spectrum available to community TV broadcasters. Audio
A Million Little Things & NZ On Screen turns 10
TV reviewer Paul Casserly has been watching the new glossy American drama, A Million Little Things. He's also got his picks for what to watch on NZ on Screen on its 10th Anniversary. Audio
Tini Molyneux: Leading from the front
Tini Molyneux (Ngai Tūhoe) was the face of Māori broadcasting for decades as a presenter on Te Karere, Marae and as One News Māori Affairs correspondent. She got her first job in TV after an editor… Audio
Reporter wins award for stories on Lake Alice mental hospital
Aaron Smale of Ngāti Porou has won this year's Bruce Jesson journalism award.
Sound Archives: remembering the NZ Army's 1943 mission to the Solomon Islands
It's now 75 years since Kiwi and American soldiers landed on remote Mono Island in the Solomons to recapture it from occupying Japanese forces during WWII. In the ensuing fights, which became known as… Video, Audio, Gallery
NZME gives up on plans to merge with Stuff
Media company NZME has called it quits on its attempts to merge with rival Stuff to form a mega-media company.