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Stuff chief executive buys company, Mediaworks cuts jobs
Media commentator, and former editor in chief of the NZ Herald, Tim Murphy talks about the tough times facing the media right now and today's developments Audio
Stuff's chief executive buys the company for $1
Stuff's chief executive Sinead Boucher has bought the company from its Australian owner Nine Entertainment for $1. It ends years of uncertainty over the publisher's ownership and she says giving staff…
Another possible Stuff buyer emerges
A High Court judgment has revealed that an entity other than the New Zealand Herald's owner NZME is interested in buying Stuff - and a deal could be done by the end of this month.
Media on the block vulnerable to vultures?
NZME’s bold bid to buy its biggest rival for $1 foundered in the High Court this week. But Stuff - our biggest publisher of news - is still on the block along with the nation’s most popular magazines… Audio
Media merger saga turns into bitter court battle
The long-running saga of the mega-merger of our two biggest news publishers is heading for the High Court - not for the first time. Last time round, NZME and Stuff were fighting for the right to get… Audio
No relief for under-pressure commercial media in Budget
Spending on broadcasting and public media has been boosted by $25m over four years in Budget 2020, but there was nothing in it to ease the plight of commercial news media companies. Audio
NZME forces media merger issue
NZME’s plea for permission to buy its rival Stuff for $1 by the end of this month kickstarted confusing counterclaims today which show a deal is far from done. It’s also a symptom of upheaval in an…
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Surprise from Stuff after announcement NZME wants to buy it
There has been surprise and confusion from two of New Zealand's largest media companies, after NZME announced it plans to buy Stuff – for just one dollar – in a market announcement this morning,
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Struggling media get takeaways from government
On Thursday media companies learned some will take away more than others from the government's first targeted Covid-19 crisis package. Meanwhile, the minister of broadcasting has signaled he'll follow… Audio
Stuff reaches out to readers
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…
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News bosses grapple with the collapse of their funding model
Media executives used yesterday's Epidemic Response Select Committee to criticise government for advertising with Facebook and Google instead of them. Lurking behind the anger and appeals for help was… Audio
Media make the case for emergency help
News media representatives set out the crisis their industry faces to Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee on Wednesday before the government finalises a package of measures to help them survive… Audio
NZME staff told job losses are coming
The owner of The New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB has warned staff that job losses and major changes to the company's scope and scale are coming, as the Covid-19 crisis cuts into advertising…
Lockdown delivery ban piles pressure on publications
Community newspaper and magazine publishers say a sudden move to stop them delivering print editions during the Covid-19 lockdown will leave many of New Zealand’s poorer and more vulnerable people… Audio
Stuff and NZME make cost-cutting moves as Covid-19 crisis bites
On the eve of New Zealand going into lockdown, NZME and Stuff made cost-cutting moves to stave off the financial damage being inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stuff's #MeToo campaign two years in
Stuff added momentum to the #MeToo movement in 2018 with a campaign urging people who’d suffered sexual harassment and abuse to come forward and tell their stories to journalists. Some critics… Audio
RNZ's ads anger other media
Other news media companies are angry about RNZ’s new ads and claims made in the slogans. It's prompted calls to pull the campaign but RNZ says the ads aimed at broadening the audience for the…
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'We took the photos' - NZ First's photo controversy
We took the photos' -- that was the stark front page headline on the Dominion Post newspaper last Thursday. That was a quote from comments the NZ First leader Winston Peters made in an interview on… Audio
New Zealand First outlines its stance on public broadcasting
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has been giving a speech this morning in which he's outlined his position on public broadcasting. RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson joins Kathryn to examine… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
A look at Jane Wrightson's move to Retirement Commissioner which Gavin says is a loss for the media industry. Also, a timely campaign by Stuff highlights the public benefits of journalism, and why he… Audio